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Associate Professor Jeremy Goh said that the correlation between asset classes tend to be unstable over time and it might be difficult for investors to decide how much to invest and which product to choose. Investors would also need to be aware that when a market 'crash' occurs, asset classes that traditionally were not correlated could suddenly become highly correlated.

SIAS has entered into a tripartite relationship with the Institute of Internal Auditors Singapore (IIAS) and SMU with the recent inking of a MOU to launch the Internal Audit Excellence Award (IAEA), as part of SIAS Investors' Choice Awards.  Five representatives from SIAS, IIAS and SMU Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics, will form the IAEA Selection Committee.  SMU President, Prof Arnoud De Meyer said that SMU was pleased to embark on this tripartite collaboration and that all three parties would explore new initiatives to encourage listed Singapore companies to adopt the best internal audit practices to further strengthen corporate governance.

SMU, the Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias) and the Institute of Internal Auditors Singapore (IIAS) Internal said audits should be a compulsory part of the corporate governance process. Doing so would attract more investments because many investors have little trust in corporate governance in Asia.

SMU professor of finance Benedict Koh said the effectiveness of holding common shares to hedge against inflation depends on the extent to which companies can pass rising costs on to customers.

At SMU's Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics half-day seminar last week on 'The Opportunities and Challenges Facing the Asset Management Industry in Asia', Prof Melvyn Teo, Associate Dean (Research) of the Lee Kong Chian School of Business presented on the topic of 'Insights for Investors from Empirical Research'. A BT journalist found it interesting and wrote to share her insights with readers.