BEYOND EQUITIES AND BONDS

Wong stresses that discipline matters more than market timing. Holding cash as “optionality” and diversifying into alternatives, he says, helps investors stay steady through cycles. .—SAMUEL ONG/The Star

FOR most Malaysian investors, wealth planning begins and ends with the familiar duo of equities and bonds. Yet Areca Capital Sdn Bhd’s chief executive officer, Danny Wong, argues that a robust strategy may require looking beyond these pillars.

“If you confine yourself only to equities and bonds, you may miss out on opportunities to better manage risk and capture varied forms of return,” he says.