Hong Kong has climbed past Singapore both in number of millionaires and their total pool of wealth, fueled partly by the tear in Asian stock markets in 2012, according to a new report from RBC Wealth Management and Capgemini.
加拿大皇家银行财富管理公司(RBC Wealth Management)和凯捷咨询公司(Capgemini)新近发表的一份报告说，香港在百万富豪数量及这些富豪的财富总量这两个方面都超过了新加坡，这一定程度上是亚洲股市2012年的快速上涨造成的。
The combined wealth of Hong Kong’s high-net-worth population, defined as those with investable wealth greater than $1 million, soared 37% in 2012 to $560 billion, surpassing the wealth of Singapore millionaires which now stands at $489 billion, the report released Wednesday said.
周三发布的这份报告说，香港高净值人口的财富总额在2012年飙升了37%，达到5,600亿美元，而新加坡百万富豪这一年的财富总额为4,890亿美元。所谓高净值人口，是指那些可投资资产超过100万美元的人。
That is a reversal from 2011, when the wealth of Singapore millionaires stood at $438.6 billion, edging Hong Kong millionaires at $408.2 billion, according to the report.
这扭转了2011年时的局面。据这份报告说，2011年新加坡百万富豪的财富总额为4,386亿美元，而香港百万富豪的财富总额为4,082亿美元。
The difference, according to RBC Wealth Management emerging markets head Barend Janssens, was partly the stellar performance of Asian stock markets last year. Hong Kong’s rich are more aggressive investors as a whole than those in Singapore and therefore more exposed to equity markets, he said.
加拿大皇家银行财富管理公司的新兴市场部门负责人让森斯(Barend Janssens)说，香港能够超越新加坡一定程度上要归功于亚洲股市去年的良好表现。他说，总体上说，与新加坡富人相比，香港富人是更积极进取的投资者，因此他们的可投资资产中配置在股市的部分更大。
The Hang Seng Index shot up 20% in 2012, while Singapore’s Straits Times Index added nearly 18%.
香港的恒生指数2012年上涨了20%，而新加坡的海峡时报指数这一年上涨了近18%。
The two former British colonies compete as regional financial hubs and a larger pool of homegrown wealth could be one factor in Hong Kong’s favor. But the fact that wealth in Hong Kong is more closely tied to market performance makes it more volatile, Mr. Janssens said.
香港和新加坡这两个同为亚洲地区金融中心的前英国殖民地存在相互竞争关系，香港本地富人的财富总额高于新加坡本地富人的财富总额，这有可能成为香港的一项竞争优势。但让森斯说，香港的财富与市场表现的联系更为密切，这会让香港的个人财富总额更具波动性。
Both economies trail far behind Japan, China and South Korea, the three top Asian countries for number of millionaires. The number of Chinese millionaires rose 14% to 643,000 from 2011 to 2012, the report said. The study surveyed 4,400 high-net-worth people in 21 countries about their investment preferences and attitudes.
香港和新加坡在百万富豪人数方面都远不及日本、中国大陆和韩国，这三个经济体的百万富豪人数是亚洲最多的。上述报告说，中国大陆2012年的百万富豪人数比2011年增长了14%，达到643,000人。这份报告的撰写人调查了21个国家和地区的4,400名高净值个人，询问他们的投资偏好和态度。
Similar to wealthy investors in other regions, about half of high-net-worth people in Asia Pacific say they prefer to work with a single wealth-management firm. But Asian investors are more likely to want to deal directly with multiple bankers within that firm to help with their investment needs ─ only 24% say they prefer to deal with a single point of contact at their wealth manager, versus 51% in North America and 31% in Europe, according to the study.
与世界其他地区的富有投资者类似，约一半的亚太地区高净值个人说，他们更喜欢与单一一家财富管理公司打交道。但上述报告说，亚洲投资者更有可能希望和他与之打交道的这家财富管理公司内的多位银行家直接进行业务往来，请他们帮忙满足自己的投资需要，仅有24%的亚洲地区高净值个人说他们更喜欢只通过单一联系人与自己所聘用的财富管理公司打交道，而北美和欧洲分别有51%和31%的高净值个人持这种态度。
“In Asia there is a propensity toward multiple experts because the complexity of the wealth industry is quite high compared to the rest of the world,” said RBC’s Mr. Janssens.
加拿大皇家银行财富管理公司的让森斯说，在亚洲，人们倾向于与多位理财专家打交道，因为与世界其他地区相比，亚洲理财行业的复杂程度很高。
He said that Asian high net worth people tend to go for more exotic investments like structured products and foreign exchange derivatives that require the advice of specialists.
他说，亚洲的高净值人群倾向于投资非标准金融产品，比如投资结构性产品和外汇衍生品，而进行这类投资需要听取相关专家的建议。
As a whole, Asia Pacific investors are less enamored of equities than their North American counterparts ─ with 22% of their portfolios in stocks versus 37% in North America. But they are more growth-oriented than investors in Europe or Latin America, with only 23% of their holdings in cash compared to the global average of 28%, according to the survey results.
总体而言，与北美投资者相比，亚太投资者对股票的迷恋程度较低，他们投资组合中只有22%的资金投向了股市，而北美投资者有37%的资金投在股市。但上述报告说，与欧洲和拉美投资者相比，亚太投资者更注重手中财富的增值，他们只有23%的财富是以现金形式存在的，而全球投资者平均有28%的个人财富以现金形式存在。
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