Asian investors favour equities as inflation hedge: BarCap survey

Asian investors are growing less risk-averse and favour equities as an inflation hedge, finds Barclays Capital in its annual Asia wealth-management survey, which is published today. The survey highlights wealth managers' views on asset allocation and the attractiveness of different markets, among other things. Some 74% of respondents say their clients make 'full' or 'substantial' use of equities to hedge against inflation, while 55% say the same of gold and 42% the same of other…