
Singapore ranks 5th preferred Asian bond market in 2011
In the survey conducted by HSBC, only 20% of the respondents preferred to allocate their portfolios in Singapore.
HSBC conducted this survey to analyse key factors that are important to Asian sovereign bond investors. The questionnaire was sent to a large sample of global and emerging market dedicated bond funds located in the US, Europe and Asia.
According to HSBC, less than 5% of the respondents ranked Singapore as their first choice, around 10% ranked Siingapore as their second choice and 20% ranked Singapore as their third choice.
The top three most preferred Asian bond markets are China, Korea and Indonesia.