Asia attracts tech investors

affluent consumers, top brands and investment opportunities put REGION firmly on tech sector map

Asia is dominating the new industrial revolution in the view of Conor O'Mara, senior manager on the HSBC Global Technology Alpha fund. In a Masterclass briefing by HSBC's Halbis Capital Management, O'Mara pointed out that Asia is taking over many of the tech value chains as Europe and the US pull out of production. "Silicon Valley remains in denial, while large-cap Europe is running for the hills," said O'Mara. In the long term, Asia is where technology investors want to be for four reasons, he added. First, the massive potential represented by increasingly affluent Asian consumers. For ...