Temasek sees investment opportunities in India, South-east Asia amid geopolitical shifts

SINGAPORE – Temasek has been paying a lot more attention to emerging investment opportunities and potential risks to its portfolio, as a result of geopolitical shifts and tensions over the past five years.

“For every new investment that we look at, we have to look at any geopolitical events that will affect that particular asset. Then we do our risk assessment. If there is something that we feel uncomfortable about, we will not do it,” the investment firm’s deputy chief executive Chia Song Hwee said.

There has been tighter scrutiny…