Prudent fund managers


PETALING JAYA: Fund managers in Malaysia are keeping their powder dry, sitting on sizeable cash piles as the Middle East tensions cloud the market outlook and push investors into wait-and-see mode.

In an interview with StarBiz, JP Morgan said many fund managers that it tracks have raised cash prior to the United States-Iran war that began on Feb 28.

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