Since the 2008/09 global recession, years of unconventional monetary policies had not resulted in any significant global economic recovery.

To make matters worse, global monetary doves have intensified their efforts since 2015 while disinflationary pressures intensified, in part due to lower commodities prices. With talks of yet more unconventional measures such as “helicopter money”, will that mean another tsunami of cheap money coming in to push up Asian’s asset prices? Will the “negative interest rates” phenomenon we often hear in the media happen in Singapore?

Our UOB Group’s Economist, Mr Francis Tan, will explain the recent monetary phenomenon and share his thoughts on the main challenges for the Singapore economy in the next decade.

Amidst a slow growth environment and challenging external outlook, we see FSSTI being range bound with a year-end target of 3,010. Corporate earnings continue to be under pressure but we are hoping for an end of earnings recession in 2017.

Despite the challenging environment, investment themes that could prove profitable in 2017 include: (1) new economy winners & losers, (2) scalable companies, (3) earnings visibility and yield; and (4) stocks with specific catalysts. Join our Head of Research and his team as they share their latest investment strategies and key stock picks for 1H2017.

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