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Eastspring Investments maintains a constructive outlook on the Asia-Pacific region, emphasizing its role as a cornerstone for portfolio resilience through dividend-yielding equities and high-quality credit. A central theme across their research is the 'K-shaped' growth trajectory in Asia, where AI-driven semiconductor and hardware export strength is partially offset by currency depreciation and margin pressures from sticky energy-related inflation. To manage these risks, the firm advocates for tactical duration positioning and a focus on economies with robust balance of payments, such as Singapore and Australia. Furthermore, the investment strategy emphasizes the necessity of navigating infrastructure bottlenecks, particularly in power availability and grid reliability, as the region matures into a global data center and technology hub. By prioritizing earnings delivery and capital expenditure discipline over thematic hype, the firm seeks to capture alpha in markets like Japan and India while hedging against manufacturing headwinds and the potential for further regional central bank tightening.