Eastspring Investments, the Asian asset management arm of Prudential, has unveiled a Growth & Income Index, following the findings of its inaugural mutual fund investor behaviour study, which indicates that multi-asset, equity, high-yield funds are set to see inflows in the next six months.
The index measures mutual fund investor appetite on a scale of 0 to 100 with 0 being income exposure and 100 growth exposure.
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The first Index score of 45 shows that investors have reported an intention to shift toward income funds in the next six months.
Based on 1,501 interviews held in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and Korea in July 2013, index revealed that there is an allocation choice for income funds among investors over the next six months.
Alvin Chiu, head of marketing at Eastpring, said, "The index shows that Asian investors are continuously searching for yield. The findings also indicate they are investing in products other than bond funds to acquire regular income."
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