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Geopolitical risks and sustained market volatility are likely to dominate the investment landscape this year, according to an annual survey by the Investment Management Association of Singapore (IMAS).<\/p>\n
Some 85% of respondents anticipate heightened geopolitical risks and market volatility, up from 56% in 2025.<\/p>\n
The survey conducted in late November and early December collected views from across 63 IMAS members collectively managing more than US$35 trillion globally. They include Singapore, regional and global asset managers based in the city state, as well as asset owners.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt reflects the state of the world that we live in – the increased volatility,\u201d Carmen Wee, IMAS\u2019s chief executive officer.<\/p>\n
\u201cFund managers would have to manage and position their portfolios in anticipation of this,\u201d she says, adding that this should be done through diversification and adoption of more innovative strategies.<\/p>\n
The two biggest threats that fund managers believe will hamper industry growth are accelerated flows into passive solutions, cited by 62%, and further margin erosion, cited by 57%.<\/p>\n
Around 97% of fund managers believe the US Federal Reserve will continue to cut interest rates, with 69% predicting rate cuts ranging between 0.5% to more than 1% this year.<\/p>\n
A majority, or 60%, think that the independence of major central banks may erode in 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The survey found that investment sentiment on Asia remains positive. China and Japan are expected to be the best performing markets this year, followed by India, Singapore and Taiwan.<\/p>\n This optimism is also reflected in stock market predictions. Some 72% forecast the MSCI Asia ex-Japan index to rise 10%-20% this year, and 73% predict a similar gain for the MSCI China index.<\/p>\n More than half the survey respondents expect Singapore\u2019s Straits Times Index to rise 5%-10%, bolstered by resilient corporate earnings, dividend yields and government measures to revitalise the equity market.<\/p>\n The survey also found that income strategies, absolute returns, exchange-traded funds, emerging-market equities and commodities are the most popular investment strategies for 2026.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, adoption of artificial intelligence has increased and deepened, with 53% of respondents using the technology in investment processes, such as generating research insights and commentary. About 94% say the technology has enhanced productivity.<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Geopolitical risks and sustained market volatility are likely to dominate the investment landscape this year, according to an annual survey by the Investment Management Association of Singapore (IMAS). Some 85% of respondents anticipate heightened geopolitical risks and market volatility, up from 56% in 2025. The survey conducted in late November and early December collected views […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5458,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bez-rubriki"],"featured_image_src":{"landsacpe":["https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Singapore-5-1140x445.jpg",1140,445,true],"list":["https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Singapore-5-463x348.jpg",463,348,true],"medium":["https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Singapore-5-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"full":["https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Singapore-5.jpg",1752,1167,false]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5457"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5459,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5457\/revisions\/5459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}