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India's IPO market is experiencing a record-breaking surge driven by domestic investors, with over $20 billion raised in 2025, despite global uncertainties and low foreign participation. The boom is fueled by a broad range of sectors and a growing pipeline of mature companies, but experts warn of potential risks from overvaluation and market exuberance.
The US dollar has experienced its worst first half since 1973, declining over 10% due to concerns over Trump's trade policies, US debt, and Federal Reserve independence, leading to a shift in investor behavior and a weaker dollar globally.
Wall Street is increasingly turning its attention to India, driven by the country's rapid economic growth and burgeoning stock market, which has reached a value of about $5 trillion. Global investors, including North American pension managers and sovereign wealth funds, are flocking to Mumbai, India's financial hub, in hopes of capitalizing on this growth. However, making profits may prove challenging due to high stock prices relative to current profits.
Global investors are showing the most bullish sentiment in two years, with a Bank of America survey indicating a drop in recession calls for the first time since April 2022. Confidence in the underlying economy's resilience has led to a decrease in cash holdings and an increase in global stock allocations. The survey also reveals a growing belief in a "soft landing" scenario for the economy, with technology stocks being the most favored investment, particularly in the "long Magnificent 7" trade featuring major U.S. companies like Apple and Microsoft.
Fitch Ratings reports that banks in the Asia-Pacific region have exposure to troubled US commercial real estate (CRE), particularly office and retail properties, with some banks holding higher levels of US CRE loans than others. While exposure to US property, including CRE, is generally less than 2% of lending for publicly disclosed banks, the actual extent of exposure remains unclear due to limited data disclosure. The report highlights that US banks' exposure to US office CRE and US CRE debt in general is not as severe as initially feared, as the debt is held globally, with global investors and banks also bearing the risk.
The office sector of commercial real estate (CRE) has incurred massive losses, estimated to potentially reach $1 trillion, which have been spread globally among investors and banks, including US, Japanese, Canadian, and European banks. While US banks have started to reveal some of the damage, a significant portion of the losses are borne by investors, particularly in Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs) and Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS). The delinquency rate of office mortgages securitized into CMBS has spiked, and both lenders and landlords have suffered substantial losses. Foreign banks, including Japanese, Canadian, and European banks, have been hit hard by exposure to the US office sector, and the problem is expected to persist as many office properties face challenges in refinancing or extending loans due to the structural collapse of demand for office space.
Japan's stock market is rapidly gaining ground against China's, with the gap in market capitalization between the two countries shrinking to its lowest since 2020. Global investors are increasingly favoring Japanese equities as an alternative to the Chinese market, with Japan being picked as the "favorite market" in a recent BofA fund manager survey.
China's attempts to prop up its stock market are failing as global investors sold a net 8.2 billion yuan ($1.1 billion) of mainland stocks, causing a brief rally to fizzle out. Confidence in China's economy is waning due to a disappointing economic recovery, high youth unemployment, demographic issues, and a heavy debt burden in the property sector. Experts warn that China may be heading towards a "lost decade" similar to Japan's in the 1990s, with a potential debt deflation loop and stagnant economic growth.
Global investors are selling off Chinese securities as hopes for state support fade, leading to concerns about the stability of the Chinese market. This trend reflects a loss of confidence in the Chinese government's ability to prop up the economy amidst ongoing trade tensions and a slowing growth rate. Investors are seeking to leverage their market expertise and are turning away from Chinese securities in search of more stable and reliable investment opportunities.
China's securities watchdog, the CSRC, has said it is willing to work with its US counterparts to promote audit regulatory cooperation and safeguard the rights and interests of global investors. The statement came after the US accounting watchdog, the PCAOB, found unacceptable deficiencies in audits of US-listed Chinese companies. The deficiencies are unlikely to derail an audit deal between the two countries in September, but it will be challenging to turn around auditing practices quickly amid continued US-China tensions.
China's securities watchdog, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), has expressed its willingness to work with its US counterparts to promote regulatory cooperation on audits and safeguard the rights and interests of global investors. The statement comes after the US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) found unacceptable deficiencies in audits of US-listed Chinese companies. While the deficiencies are unlikely to derail the audit deal, it will be challenging to turn around practices quickly amid continued US-China tensions.
Billionaire investors including Warren Buffett, Ken Griffin, and Steve Cohen are turning to Japan for investment opportunities, citing the country's relatively cheap prices compared to other markets around the world. Hedge funds and private equity firms are opening offices in Tokyo, with Citadel reopening an office it had closed after the global financial crisis and Point72 Asset Management planning to expand its staff in Japan this year.