China will account for 49% of multi-asset funds in Asia by 2021, a report predicts.
Researchers said that a recent lull in demand from Chinese investors has slowed the market in multi-asset funds, but that it will pick up again and lift the country’s share of assets in the sector from 40% to 49%.
Investment consultancy Spence Johnson predicted that multi-asset funds in the Asia-Pacific region would contain more than $1 trillion in assets by 2022.
The current value of the sector stands at $596 billion, with institutional investors providing most demand due to a lack of internal asset allocation capability.
Retail appetite for multi-asset funds has ebbed since its peak in 2015, the researchers said.
Japan accounts for 22% and Australia for 16% of investment in multi-asset funds.
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