Buy-side panellists discuss investors' preferences, product demand and market nuances between Hong Kong SAR and Singapore at the SRP Asia Pacific 2025 conference in Hong Kong this week.
While Hong Kong SAR and Singapore are striking financial hubs in Asia, the practices of structured products have shown nuances in the two markets, with investors' preferences tilting towards equity-linked, leveraged risk products in the former and principal-protected, fixed-income and hybrid products in the latter. Hong Kong reflects a fast-paced, tactical and very Alpha-driven mindset, while Singapore is strategic and long-term - Edwin Khoo, Maybank Edwin Khoo, head of treasury investment s