Equities

Principal Kin Leung Chan is positioning Click Ventures' portfolio through the lens of what he sees as attractive valuations in China and Hong Kong with the US pricey by comparison.

With the long-standing dominance of US funds questioned due to outflows, Asian markets including South Korea, China, and Taiwan narrowed the performance gap and attracted new interest on the back of strong rebounds.

Private credit is emerging as a key stabiliser for portfolios even as tighter spreads and looser covenants raise the risks. OMERS, one of Canada’s largest pension funds, is leaning heavily into private markets while reassessing regional equities and AI infrastructure.

As bond–equity correlations shift unevenly across Asia, investors are rethinking how to structure portfolios.

After years of elevated bond–equity correlations, signs of decoupling are emerging in Asia. But the pattern is uneven, with inflation expectations, central bank credibility and market structures shaping whether bonds can reliably diversify portfolios again.

Despite rapid growth and rising institutional interest, Asia’s ETF industry remains fragmented and constrained by regulatory and retail barriers — leaving it far behind the US in scale and accessibility.

The $1.41 billion divestment by one of the world's biggest hedge funds underscores some investors' unease with the world's number-two economy, but bullish voices argue that structural strengths in EVs, renewables and tech still make China a long-term play.

China leads the pack among APAC markets with some forecasts calling for 20% plus annual growth in its data-centre market over the next few years. But limited land availability, emissions regulations and new technologies could hamper the pace of expansion.

The $2 billion Citizens of Israel Fund has brought emerging Asia into its equity portfolio and is building the scale and strategy that could see its future private market allocations reach the region.

The Federal Reserve's split decision to maintain rates, with two members voting for cuts, suggests policy easing may come in September. Meanwhile, experts believe Asian central banks will likely preserve their rate differentials despite low regional inflation.

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continue to gain ground against traditional mutual funds, with actively managed versions growing fast in what was once a specialised market segment.

With assets under management now clocking in at over $200 billion, Taiwan's exchange-traded funds market has catapulted to third spot in the region behind China and Japan.