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1Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF), GDP based on purchasing power parity (PPP), share of world, 2018. Asia (excluding Australia and New Zealand).
2Source: The Brookings Institution, Wolfensohn Center for Development, “The Unprecedented Expansion Of The Global Middle Class: An Update”, Homi Kharas, February 2017. Others include Central and South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Middle East and North Africa. F stands for forecast.
3Source: Sustainable Cities Mobility Index 2017 Bold Moves, Arcadis. Hong Kong tops the Sustainable Cities Mobility Index, while Singapore ranks eighth.
4Source: Euromonitor International, E stands for estimates, data retrieved on 30 August 2018.
5Source: Bloomberg, from 30 June 2013 to 30 June 2018, citing Singapore Department of Statistics (Singapore Retail Sales Total Ex Motor Vehicles Current Prices YoY, Non-Seasonally-Adjusted) and Census and Statistics Department Hong Kong (Hong Kong Retail Sales Value YoY).
6Source: 2018 Asia Pacific Real Estate Market Outlook | Singapore, by CBRE Singapore Research.
7Source: Outbound Chinese Tourism and Consumption Trends: 2017, an online survey with 2,009 residents from Chinese mainland and 613 non-Chinese residents, conducted by Nielsen in December 2017.
8Source: the MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index
9Source: How Global is the Business of Retail? Published by CBRE Research in December 2017.
10Source: Bloomberg, data as at 30 August 2018. *12-month forward dividend yield. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of the future performance. Please note that there are limitations to the use of such indices as proxies for the past performance in the respective asset classes/sector. The historical performance or forecast presented is not indicative of and should not be construed as being indicative of or otherwise used as a proxy for the future or likely performance.
11Source: Bloomberg, Eastspring Investments, data as at 31 August 2018. AUS stands for Australia, SG Singapore, JP Japan, HK Hong Kong.
12Source: Bloomberg, data from 31 August 2003 to 31 August 2018, in US dollars, including Japan and Australia.