Both the MSCI Asia Pacific Ex-Japan Index (0.1%) and MSCI World Index (-0.8%) remained flat mom as global markets were largely mixed in February. Hong Kong (+13.4%) and China (+1.9%) enjoyed a huge rally...
Sustainable investing-focused mutual funds and ETFs faced major challenges in 2024, with record outflows of $19.6 billion in the U.S., a sharp decline from 2023's $13.3 billion (Figure 1). The downturn was...
The MSCI Asia Pacific Ex-Japan Index (1.3%) trailed the MSCI World Index (3.5%) mom following the new year as developed markets such as Europe and US, retraced December pullback due to possible milder Fed...
We regularly track the changes in the constituents of the FTSE4Good Bursa Malaysia (F4GBM) and FTSE4Good Bursa Malaysia Shariah (F4GBMS) indices every six months to evaluate the performance of companies...
DeepSeek has become a dominant theme in market discussions throughout January, raising concerns about its cost-efficiency, performance capabilities, and use of lower-tier chips. Its rise threatens to...
On the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump signed a series of executive order, revoking close to 80 Biden-era executive orders, including those on climate change, clean energy, and...
The MSCI Asia Pacific Ex-Japan Index (-1.2%) slightly outperformed the MSCI World Index (-2.7%) in December, albeit both were red on the month as regional markets pulled back after the Federal Reserve...
Following up on our previous piece, we would like to expand our analysis to focus on selected markets. Our insights are as follows: U.S. – We anticipate moderate growth for U.S. equities in 2025,...
Global equities rebounded strongly in 2023 and 2024 following the 2022 correction due to the Ukraine-Russia war (see Page 1 of Attachment 1). With Trump back in office, his policies, including tax cuts,...