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‘Algo’ is commonly used in short for ‘algorithmic’. An algo fund is one of the many types of investment funds available in Singapore and in countries with more mature trading markets or infrastructures, such as the United States of America and United Kingdom. Algo funds are active...
A fund of funds (FOF) is one of many types of investment funds which exist in the finance industry. It is also known as a Collective Investment or a Multi-Manager investment fund. In this article, we discuss what a fund of funds is, the investment strategy used,...
A foreign currency denominated fund, as its name suggests, is a pool of funds denominated in a particular foreign currency. The assets invested through the fund can be anything from other currencies to stocks to commodities. There is fear among some investors that the denominated currency...
The answer lies in what Singapore can offer as a country, the avant garde initiatives of its government, and its advanced wealth management ecosystem. There are two categories of family offices moving to Singapore: (1) redomiciled, (2) new foreign entities. The process for domiciliation and redomiciliation...
Aside from investment risk-return, there are 10 trends in 2020 which affect investors and the wealth management industry. 1. GEOPOLITICAL UNCERTAINTY 2020 has been a tumultuous year. On 31 January, we had Brexit which adversely affected the EU and caused internal political friction. Next, political tension between...
Investors investing in a hedge fund seek to achieve absolute positive returns in all market conditions, i.e. they aim to be hedged from turbulent market volatility to reduce risk in their portfolio as compared to investments in other instruments. Hedge fund managers follow a plethora of...
Between 2017 and 2019, Singapore has seen a 5-fold increase in the number of Family Offices. This astounding growth reflects the rising numbers of affluent families in Asia that are consolidating their wealth in Singapore through formal structures. Not surprisingly, Singapore is ranked number 2 globally...
“One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.” ~ Dogen Zenji, Japanese Buddhist priest, writer, poet and philosopher. Today’s world is changing at a rapid speed in terms of technological advancement, intellectual awareness, global weather, financial evolution, and in many other areas of...
As mentioned in an earlier article about wealth management, Singapore has a very developed capital market and ecosystem – one of the 7 reasons this city state is ranked 2nd in the world as the preferred offshore wealth hub. It is now the 3rd largest financial...