- A high proportion of respondents believe that the eurozone sovereign debt crisis will last for over a year.
- Investor sentiment in current and future markets has decreased since the last wave and the popularity of several asset classes has plummeted.
Key learnings
As in Hong Kong, the decline in Singapore’s
overall index has been driven by decreased scores across most asset classes. Equities/shares
have lost a further 10 points and is now the least popular category. Money/currency
markets saw the steepest decline with a drop of 12 points.
Other categories like bonds, collectables and
property have also suffered losses but not as dramatic.
Gold and cash are still the most favoured asset classes. Sentiment towards cash has slightly improved compared to the last few waves.
Bullion bars/gold coins still hold the lead as the most favoured asset class. Investor sentiment towards most categories has declined, with significant changes for regular and single premium insurance products, collective investment funds, managed currency accounts and exchange traded funds.
Fixed rate bank deposits are the only investment instrument to be viewed more positively this wave.
There has been little wave‑on‑wave change on preferred investment strategies.
A mix of different terms remains the most popular strategy, but a term of three to five years is opted for by significantly more respondents than in the last wave.
Source: http://www.friendslife.co.uk/doclib/ia7_row.pdf
Gold and cash are still the most favoured asset classes. Sentiment towards cash has slightly improved compared to the last few waves.
Bullion bars/gold coins still hold the lead as the most favoured asset class. Investor sentiment towards most categories has declined, with significant changes for regular and single premium insurance products, collective investment funds, managed currency accounts and exchange traded funds.
Fixed rate bank deposits are the only investment instrument to be viewed more positively this wave.
There has been little wave‑on‑wave change on preferred investment strategies.
A mix of different terms remains the most popular strategy, but a term of three to five years is opted for by significantly more respondents than in the last wave.
Source: http://www.friendslife.co.uk/doclib/ia7_row.pdf
