41% of Singaporean investors bullish on Asian equity returns in 2014

Almost double that of regional average.

At 41%, Singapore has the highest percentage of investors who expect Asia to produce the best equity returns in 2014 and over the next 10 years, nearly doubling the regional average of 24%, according to Franklin Templeton’s Global Investor Sentiment Survey 2014.

Singaporean investors believe the best equity and fixed income investments in 2014 and over the next 10 years are to be found in Asia, with Singapore placing second, survey data showed.

Across Asia, Singapore has the highest percentage of investors who expect Asia to produce the best equity returns in 2014 (41 per cent) and over the next 10 years (48 per cent), almost doubling the regional average of 24 per cent and 29 per cent respectively.

Looking beyond the region, the number of Singaporean investors who think the U.S. would offer the best equity returns rose to 14 per cent this year compared to 5 per cent last year. (Slide 7-9)
In terms of fixed income returns, 34 per cent of Singaporean investors believe Asia would offer the best fixed income returns in 2014, followed by Singapore (28 per cent).

Over the next 10 years, the percentage of investors favouring Singapore drops to 23 per cent, while Asia remains at 34 per cent. Outside the region, 12 per cent of Singaporean investors indicated that the U.S. would offer the best fixed income returns in 2014, and when considering a 10-year time horizon, the number rose slightly to 14 per cent.

One of the largest surveys of its kind, Franklin Templeton’s Global Investor Sentiment Survey 2014 polled over 11,000 investors in 22 countries across Africa, Asia Pacific, the Americas and Europe on their current attitudes towards investing and their expectations for 2014 and the decade ahead.