Now in its fifth year, the IMAS 2020 Investment Managers’ Outlook Survey takes the pulse from senior investment professionals of the biggest challenges, trends and developments in the investment management industry in Singapore. It identifies the top geopolitical and economic concerns, dominant strategies, and growth drivers for fund managers in the year ahead. This year’s survey gathered responses from 53 respondents who are mainly CEOs and CIOs of fund management companies based in Singapore.

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The 2019 results showed increasing demands for innovative products, the adoption of ESG investments and the use of FinTech in fund distribution channels are key drivers of growth for the next 3 years. Investment managers remain upbeat about new distribution channels and technologies and look to leverage on FinTech as a competitive differentiator driving the next evolution of the investment management industry.

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Political risks and security tensions, as well as uncertainty in US politics, were identified as key concerns, according to the Investment Management Association of Singapore (“IMAS”) annual survey. Multi-asset strategies were expected to be the top strategy of choice by Singapore investment managers in 2018.

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Further political uncertainty in Europe tops the list of concerns for Singapore investment managers for 2017, according to a survey conducted by the Investment Management Association of Singapore (“IMAS”). This replaces slowing growth in China which topped the annual survey of IMAS members a year ago.

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China’s slowdown biggest concern for Singapore’s asset managers in 2016. Increased global regulation and higher governance costs cited as most likely to impact asset managers’ businesses.

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