Astral Asset Management

19/02/2026

As we usher in the Year of the Horse, we wish you and your family happiness, health, and prosperity. Let’s gallop towards a successful 2026!

30/09/2025

Delighted to talk to Ryan Huang MONEY FM 89.3 on the strong performance for global equities in September, with the Dow, S&P, and NASDAQ hitting all-time highs.

Asian equities have also soared in 2025, led by strong gains in KOSPI and Hang Seng, as investors focus on equities in search of higher returns.

In Singapore, initiatives like the Equity Market Development Programme and new rule for Single-Family Offices are strengthening the local market, and a renewed and strong IPO pipeline promises more opportunities ahead.

September has been a record-breaking month for global markets, with the Dow, S&P, and NASDAQ hitting all-time highs. Asian equities have also soared, led by KOSPI and Hang Seng gains, as investors shift from fixed income to equities in search of higher returns. In Singapore, initiatives like the Equ...

24/09/2025

Most delighted to outline my views on the global equities surge, explaining how different Asian markets have achieved strong performance in 2025 so far, with a particular focus on sectors in China that are worth paying attention to.

Lee Kian Soon, Astral Asset Management shared his perspectives on the recent global equities rally and how various Asian markets have performed strongly in 2...

09/08/2025

Happy SG60!

It's a pleasure to be on CNA Asia First to share my perspective on the strong performance in Asia equities markets, in particular Hong Kong and Singapore. Great discussion on how the ongoing geopolitical and tariff challenges as well as Fed’s rates decision will impact the global markets.

Lee Kian Soon, Astral Asset Management shared his perspective on the strong performance in Asia equities markets, in particular Hong Kong and Singapore. He a...

07/08/2025

Despite the ongoing geopolitical tensions and macroeconomic concerns, Astral performed well on the first half of 2025, and we will work harder and strive for a better 2H 2025!

Our fund's detailed performance is available at https://astralasset.com/

03/07/2025

We are incredibly honored to be nominated for the HFM APAC Performance Awards 2025, and we couldn't have accomplished this without the unwavering support from our investors, business partners, families and friends.

Thank you all for believing in us and being part of this journey!

11/06/2025

Celebrating a decade of Astral:-
Time flies! Astral Value Fund has crossed its 10-year mark from our inception on May 2015, with an annualised return of 7.5% pa. over the past 10 years.

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all our investors for their unwavering support over the years and look forward to many more good years of partnership!

Following the significant milestone of doubling our initial investor's capital, the fund continued its robust performance with an additional 3.9% rise in May 2025. With compounding, our NAV moved from 199.7 to 207.6 in end May 2005 and translates to 7.9% return on your initial investment of 100. Effectively, your capital is now leveraging its growth, delivering accelerated returns.

We look forward to sustaining this trajectory and your continuous support.

Our detailed fund performance is available at: https://astralasset.com/

23/05/2025

With all the focus on US these days, it's timely for me to catch up with Ryan Huang MONEY FM 89.3 on 1Q 2025 earnings of the Chinese Tech giants and the state of the economic recovery in China.

Lee Kian Soon, CEO, Astral Asset Management discusses the key takeaways from the mixed bag of earnings from China's tech giants, and what they tell us about the state of the economy in view of April data showing Chinese retail sales came in below expectations, highlighting a continued lack of confid...

05/05/2025

We have a strong first quarter performance in 2025, and we will strive to continue to deliver even better results in the months to come.

Our fund's detailed performance is available at https://astralasset.com/

10/04/2025

Never a dull moment, as I unpacked with MONEY FM 89.3 Ryan Huang this morning on how the US global tariffs have impacted the global equities and bond markets, as well as how our fund is positioned for the coming year.

Lee Kian Soon, CEO, Astral Asset Management, discusses how investors should approach Chinese markets as the US-China trade war heats up even further following US President Donald Trump's move to hike China tariffs to 125%, while keeping it at 10% for most other countries. Produced/Presented: Ryan Hu...

24/02/2025

It's a pleasure to share our perspectives on the new $5 billion programme by the MAS to boost the Singapore stock market.
Mr Lee Kian Soon, chief executive of Astral Asset Management, said the $5 billion programme has attracted some level of interest in the asset management sector, and that fund managers are looking forward to the details of the programme.

He added that as an Asian mid- and small-cap specialist, the company prefers stocks outside the Straits Times Index (STI). He said the MAS programme should have a fixed allocation on stocks outside the STI, as that is the part of the market that is most in need of liquidity.

To improve liquidity, it's also crucial to ensure there is a healthy pipeline of new listings (via IPO / secondary listings). Earnings' results and AGMs of companies are still all bunched up together. These can be fixed by the exchange by promoting a unified calendar and the SGX providing subsidized / centralized venues so that fund managers and investors will find it worthwhile to spend a few days attending the briefings of companies that they are interested in.

Lee Kian Soon

But they said they would still have to look at liquidity and fundamentals, especially those of smaller stocks. Read more at straitstimes.com.