Asia to perform in line with global equities: Standard Chartered’s Steve Brice

Asia likely to perform in line with global equities and not outperform, said Steve Brice, a chief investment officer of Standard Chartered Wealth Management, on Friday, adding that “still bullish on the Indian market but not expecting it to outperform”.

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Brice said, “Asia, we expect it to perform broadly in-line with global equities, not outperform. A big headwind is the dollar strength; we have seen a range-bound dollar in the first four weeks, but last week it started to bounce and made a new high. So that is a headwind for emerging markets generally including Asia ex-Japan equities.”

“India will rank alongside China. We are seeing a range-bound market at the moment, so still bullish on the Indian market but not expecting it to outperform global equities and therefore we still prefer Europe and the US,” he said.