Essential Equity Trends Across the GCC

A new report from UBS has the answers. This year, the bank performed its annual survey of billionaire clients on several topics, consisting of where they prepare to invest their cash for 12-month and five-year periods.

Forty percent of participants said they see opportunity in Western Europe over the next 12 months, up from 18% in 2024. For China, 34% of respondents see chance versus 11% in 2015. The Asia Pacific region, excluding China, likewise saw an eight percentage point dive in interest, with 33% of participants bullish.

That was followed by a potential significant geopolitical dispute at 63%, policy uncertainty at 59%, and higher inflation at 44%."I do not see North America as the top investment destination, even though its markets stay deep and innovative," one of UBS's European clients stated.

We prefer to move focus toward genuine properties, which offer more concrete value and security in unpredictable or inflationary environments. Equities over bonds can make sense in the present cycle, but our approach stresses stability and durability instead of short-term market relocations."Still, while shorter-term outlooks have actually changed given that last year, views for the next 5 years have actually typically remained the very same for many areas compared to 2024.

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Personal, not public, equity was the most common possession where respondents said they intend to put their money over the next 12 months. Forty-nine percent said they prepare to have their cash in direct private equity investments. The next most typical places to invest were in hedge funds and public developed market equities, both at 43%.

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At the exact same time, respondents likewise showed greater intents of pulling their money out of private equity than publicly traded stocks. UBS Examples of funds that offer exposure to the public possessions billionaire financiers are most bullish on for the year ahead include the iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF (EZU), iShares MSCI China ETF (MCHI), the Global XEmerging Markets ex-China ETF (EMM), and the Lead Tax Managed Fund FTSE Developed Markets ETF (VEA).

Stacked bar chart revealing cumulative ETF flows (in billions of dollars) by nation from 2015 to 2026. Each bar represents a year, with sectors for Brazil, Mexico, South Korea, China, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, and India. Values above no indicate inflows; below no indicate outflows. Circulations are volatile over time. A strong inflow appears in 2015, followed by a sharp outflow in 2016, driven largely by Japan.

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Strong inflows continue in 2023 and 2024, with significant contributions from Japan and India. After a smaller favorable year in 2025, inflows increase once again to begin 2026, led by South Korea and Japan.

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