The latest Brokers Poll by Asiamoney was its most comprehensive yet, courtesy of a spike in valid individual responses compared to last year.
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In total the response was of 5,914 valid individual responses was 33.5% higher than last year. However the poll did witness a slight drop in the number of institutions that voted, from 2,369 in 2011 to 2,295 this year.
Looking at the demographics of poll voters it’s evident that there was a decrease in the share of Asia-Pacific-based investors. Most countries and markets across the region saw their proportional participation rates fall in the poll.
For example, China’s response rate of 29.24% of total responses in 2011 dropped to 28.93% this year, Hong Kong’s rate of 23.48% slid to 19.22%, while Singapore’s 9.4% in 2011 slipped to 8.19%.
These slight reductions were compensated for by increases in the participation rate of India, Thailand, and the rest of the world. The subcontinent’s response rate as a percentage of the total rose from 6.92% in 2011 to 7.28%, while Thai respondents jumped from 0.86% last year to 1.48% this time around.
Additionally both Europe and North America-based investors participated in greater numbers. Investors in the former rose from 3.69% of total responses in 2011 to 5.75% this year, and the latter’s increased from 6.85% to 8.58%, respectively.
The response rate of the Others category also jump from 0.71% and 2.7%. Countries in this category include Brazil and several Middle Eastern countries – Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
The rise in the participation of non-Asia based investors suggests that the appeal of the region as an investment destination is continuing to strengthen across the globe, spurred in part by continuing poor conditions in Europe's markets and ongoing quantitative easing by the US.