New research from Managing Partners Group (MPG), fund management group, one of the sponsors of the Commonwealth Business Forum 2015, which took place in Malta weekend, reveals that 60 percent of institutional investors believe the Commonwealth offers some of the best investment opportunities in the world.
Some 42 percent of respondents believe that the trade links provided by the Commonwealth are more relevant than ever before, and only 16 percent disagree with this view.
Jeremy Leach, CEO, MPG said: “The Commonwealth is a fast growing and hugely attractive community of nations for investors. It has around 2.2 billion citizens, with circa 60 percent aged under 30, and by 2020 it is expected to have 40 percent of the global workforce. Its middle class is also growing faster than any other grouping, and by 2020 it is expected to contain over one billion consumers in this socio-economic group.
“Given all of this, it is little wonder that the Commonwealth is seen as such a vibrant and exciting grouping, and is becoming increasingly attractive to the world’s leading investors.”
Over three quarters of institutional investors (76%) interviewed by MPG said they expect investment in the main Commonwealth countries to increase over the next five years.
When it comes to the main benefit to be gained from conducting business in the Commonwealth, 24 percent said it was using the same language (English), and this was followed by 22 percent who said it was common legal structures, and the same percentage said it was the similarity in business practices.
Overall, 35 percent of respondents believe that the Commonwealth is moving in the right direction to create greater international trade and more prosperity for members – just 13 percent of institutional investors disagreed with this.
Jeremy Leach continued: “As an international fund management group, the Commonwealth is a key grouping for us. There are so many benefits for trading here, including that it can be up to 20 percent cheaper to do business with Commonwealth countries because of the similar legal structures and cultural similarities. We see the Commonwealth going from strength to strength, and we are proud to be one of the sponsors of the Commonwealth Business Forum 2015.”
MPG is a multi-disciplined investment house that specialises in managing alternative asset classes for institutions and sophisticated investors. It is a market leader in managing funds that invest in traded policies, an asset class that is renowned for its inherent guarantees and balanced growth characteristics.
The senior management of MPG has more than 100 years’ collective experience in asset management. MPG has office locations in Malta, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and is recognised by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority as an asset manager, where it manages a number of collective investment schemes and regulated mutual funds. MPG currently manages funds with a gross value of $500 million.
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