Natixis IM: APAC Investors’ Top Three Worries in 2025
Investors in Asia Pacific are leading pessimists across several categories worldwide, according to a survey by Natixis Investment Managers, amid an increasingly uncertain market environment.
Investors in the Asia Pacific region were amongst the most pessimistic, according to a survey by Natixis Investment Managers (IM) of over 7,000 global individual investors with more than $100,000 in investable assets.
«In today’s unpredictable economic and market landscape, many investors in Asia feel unsure about their financial future,» commented Dora Seow, CEO of Natixis IM Singapore. «Ongoing geopolitical uncertainty and inflation are causing investors to adjust or reassess their investment allocations to maximize their opportunity set.»
Below are the top three areas where APAC investors are the most worried in 2025.
1. Impact of Instability
Three-quarters of APAC investors say they are worried about the impact of instability on their finances – the highest proportion among all regions.
Inflation has made its mark with 59 percent citing higher daily costs as their greatest fear in 2025. 74 percent said they save less due to inflation – once again the highest proportion globally – while 67 percent said it has whittled away their investment gains.
2. Reconsidering Passives
APAC was also the most worried about passive investments, noting that they don’t do enough to avoid losses (63 percent) and that they feel they are missing out on better opportunities (61 percent).
73 percent don’t want to achieve just market beta with 74 percent wishing for outperformance. 55 percent also worry that an outsized negative impact could occur should the Magnificent Seven stocks falter due to their dramatic influence on index performance.
3. Private Asset FOMO
A key area where APAC investors are experiencing fear of missing out (FOMO) is in private assets with the top markets expressing this sentiment being Taiwan (48 percent), Hong Kong (46 percent) and Singapore (44 percent).
Interestingly, few have exposure to the asset class – only 24 percent of investors in Korea, 29 percent in Hong Kong, 31 percent in Taiwan and 40 percent in Singapore. This could be due to a lack of education with just 57 percent claiming to understand the difference between public and private markets.
