Bank bonds

Southeast Asian banks join the bond rush

Kasikornbank issues a debut dollar bond and Maybank raises tier-2 capital.

The flood of new bond issuance by Asian borrowers continued last week, and the deluge is set to continue during the next few days according to busy DCM bankers. Increased optimism about the global economic outlook could soon mean new borrowers will have to pay higher absolute rates, hence the urgency to lock in cheap funding now.

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