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Dear CEO,

SINGAPORE (Jan 7): Private markets are set to become particularly popular this year as institutional investors turn to private markets to mitigate risks amid rising concerns about a downturn in the economic cycle.

(June 20): While economic fundamentals and earnings results remain strong, the MSCI AC Asia Pacific index has underperformed the MSCI AC World Index year to date. What has happened?

SINGAPORE (Jan 18): Interest rates are declining, while valuations for risk assets are soaring. These are premises for large global investors to protect themselves against downturn risks through maintaining their cash levels and selectively increasing all

SINGAPORE (Nov 28): Saxo Capital Markets today announced the launch of its fully digital and automated investment service, SaxoSelect, in Asia. 

SINGAPORE (Nov 22): BlackRock is remaining “underweight” on Singapore given the bond-proxy nature of its market and its sensitivity to interest rate increases in the US, as well as on Malaysia for its stretched valuations and lack of interesting stock

BlackRock assets set to hit record US$6 tril on huge demand for passive funds

SINGAPORE (Aug 16): Inflows into exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have hit an all-time high this year with investors piling a total of US$391 billion ($535 billion) in the first seven months of 2017 alone, according to ETFGI.

NEW YORK (May 18): It’s Investing 101 -- don’t chase performance. But that’s just what buyers of smart beta exchange-traded funds have been doing for the past month.