Private banks look to stay ahead of the herd
One region, many markets: where Asia’s wealthy put their money
Principal-protected products have long been popular in Asia but appetite tends to fall away when markets are booming. Witness the huge surge in interest in capital-protected products in the Middle East: that’s largely a function of the crippling correction in Gulf stock markets last year.
“At the end of a bear market you tend to get the largest demand for principal protection, and as the bull market has progressed over the last four years complacency went off the charts,” says Goetti.
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