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Cross-border expansion rose as AI and ASEAN shape capital allocation decisions.<\/p>\n
Majority of business leaders and institutional investors in Singapore are increasing cross-border trade and investment and adjusting capital allocation strategies amidst heightened global volatility, HSBC said.<\/p>\n
In a survey\u00a0 <\/span>released HSBC, found that 95% of Singapore respondents plan to increase cross-border trade or investment over the next five years, compared with 93% globally. It also showed that 91% have recalibrated capital allocation approaches in response to volatility, versus 88% globally.<\/p>\n Based on responses from 3,000 business leaders and institutional investors across 10 markets, including Singapore, which HSBC described as a regional treasury centre and wealth hub.<\/p>\n Technology and artificial intelligence were identified as key drivers of international strategy, with 88% of Singapore respondents citing access to critical technologies and infrastructure as a major influence, compared with 50% globally.<\/p>\n ASEAN was cited as a growing priority by 68% of Singapore respondents, whilst 57% identified mainland China as the most important market for growth.<\/p>\n Globally, 94% of respondents continue to see international growth opportunities, whilst 87% are more willing to take calculated risks than five years ago.<\/p>\n \u201cVolatility is no longer viewed as a temporary disruption but as an anticipated feature of the global economy, a view held by 95% of global respondents and 98% in Singapore,\u201d the report found.<\/p>\n HSBC Singapore head of banking, corporate and institutional banking Gilbert Ng said the findings reflect a structural shift in global investment behaviour.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Global Investment Summit survey findings point to more than a reaction to volatility; they signal a fundamental reset in where growth will be created and how it will be captured,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cross-border expansion rose as AI and ASEAN shape capital allocation decisions. Majority of business leaders and institutional investors in Singapore are increasing cross-border trade and investment and adjusting capital allocation strategies amidst heightened global volatility, HSBC said. In a survey\u00a0 released HSBC, found that 95% of Singapore respondents plan to increase cross-border trade or investment […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5886,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5885","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\/04\/Investments-10.webp",600,400,false],"list":["https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Investments-10-463x348.webp",463,348,true],"medium":["https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Investments-10-300x200.webp",300,200,true],"full":["https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Investments-10.webp",600,400,false]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5885","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=5885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5887,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5885\/revisions\/5887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}