Claire Witts

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Making Sense · The rise, reach and rallying power of the retail investor in Asia · 14 Jul 2026 podcast

And we see there that retail behavior is still relatively measured.

So more interest in index ETFs,

a bit more income focused.

Whereas Korea, the hot market at the moment is very different.

It seems much more driven by sentiment or animal spirits.

And for investors in Korea, equities are really seen as the main way to build wealth, particularly for younger investors.

So it's described as the Tina trade.

There is no alternative.

Whereas China's moving the other way towards gradual institutionalization,

retail is still dominant, but its share there is slowly declining as we see more quant and institutional flow coming into the market.

But because the market is growing in terms of its amount of trading and the valuations going up, retail is still very large in absolute terms.

I just wanted to touch on India as well.

That's quite a unique market because retail, there's been very active in derivatives for a long time, particularly futures and options.

And that's different to other markets, which have been more cash equity focused historically.

But overall, that seems to be the general direction of travel.

Asian investors are getting younger.

They're getting more reactive.

And generally, they're getting much more comfortable taking risk.

Absolutely.

These Asia retail-driven markets tend to be very front-loaded, so you'll see a lot of activity early in the day as investors react to overnight news, especially from the US.

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