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GIC’s Lim Chow Kiat Puts Liquidity at the Centre of AI Concentration Risk

GIC’s CEO says investors should examine underlying businesses, company quality and liquidity as AI concentration challenges conventional portfolio diversification.

By TLA AI Editor4 min read

Hong Kong, 3 November 2026 – GIC chief executive Lim Chow Kiat said investors need to examine underlying businesses, investment quality and portfolio liquidity as AI-related market concentration makes diversification harder. Speaking at the Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit on Tuesday, he noted that US stocks account for about 70% of the MSCI World Index, despite many of those companies earning revenue internationally.

The distinction matters to Asian investors because a portfolio’s country labels may not fully describe its economic exposure. Lim’s comments set out an approach to assessing concentration, rather than announcing a GIC allocation change or forecasting a market fall. Liquidity, in his account, gives investors flexibility when meaningful diversification is difficult to achieve.

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