Asia
Retail investor protection strengthened in Singapore
Retail investors in Singapore will receive greater protection following changes to the Securities and Futures Act (SFA).
2017 will be a good year for EM equities
Upward revisions of corporate earnings and attractive valuations should buoy emerging market equities, according to Eastspring Investments and Schroder Investment Management.
Pakistan to drive frontier investing?
The acronym VARP is popping up, led by an increasing interest in Pakistan investment.
Singapore account holders must disclose tax residency status
Account holders in Singapore have been told by the taxman to fully cooperate with their financial institutions as they determine the tax residency status of their clients under the Common Reporting Standard (CRS).
Rotation from bonds into equities might not last long
Global growth in the second half of 2017 will help determine whether investors keep shifting assets out of bonds and into to equities, said Thomas Kwan, the chief investment officer for Hong Kong-based Harvest Global Investments.