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Singapore households still lean on insurance and pensions. The securities shift is the test.

Asset Owners

1 Oct 2026

Singapore households still lean on insurance and pensions. The securities shift is the test.

Allianz Research data put insurance and pension assets at 47.2 per cent of Singaporean household financial portfolios, against a global average of about 24.8 per cent. Net financial assets per capita ranked fourth globally in 2025. The open question for insurers and asset managers is whether that savings model holds as households move more wealth into securities worldwide.

Private credit is still wanted. The easy allocation phase is over.

Opinion

29 Sep 2026

Private credit is still wanted. The easy allocation phase is over.

Global asset-owner surveys still show net positive intentions for private credit, but the intensity has cooled from last year’s peak as valuations and selectivity move up the agenda. In Asia, institutional capital continues to build dedicated Asia private-credit capacity even while global programmes become more disciplined. The investment question is underwriting quality, not whether the asset class remains open.

Insurers still have a fixed-income job. Compressed spreads do not retire it.

Opinion

22 Sep 2026

Insurers still have a fixed-income job. Compressed spreads do not retire it.

For liability-driven insurance general accounts, elevated government-bond yields still support an income lock-in case, while tight credit spreads argue for selectivity rather than blanket carry. Thematic equity, including Asia supply-chain and technology exposure, remains a sized sleeve, not a substitute for the cash-flow core.

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