2020 G3 DCM: Frontier markets revving up

It could be one of the most exciting years ever for Asian frontier market issuance as Indochina gets into first gear.

Q&A: Why Russian banks should embrace millennials ahead of Chinese competition

VTB’s head of digital transformation highlights the danger of losing a generation of customers to Chinese fintech startups.

Outlook 2020

2020 G3 DCM: Can South and Southeast Asia balance China?

Understanding what lies behind the mask is becoming ever more important as a wider variety of credits from across the region access the international bond markets.

Capital markets

Thailand’s top regulators going full bore on capital market reform

Both the central bank and securities watchdog are offering investors, from VC to institutional, wider-ranging freedoms to invest both abroad and domestically

Frontier markets

Uzbekistan's privatisation attracts Chinese and Russian bidders

The former Soviet republic’s messy sale of its prize assets will likely drag out, but ultimately Russian and Chinese investment will trickle down to Uzbeks and boost local stock prices.

With inflation under control, what is next for the Philippines?

By First Metro Investments

Shaping up: Philippines economy looks solid as 2019 draws to a close

By First Metro Investment Corporation

International trade

Q&A: Bridging the financial divide between Russia and China

Russian bank VTB plans to knit together the financial infrastructure to support booming trade between the two nations.

High yield

2020 G3 DCM: Where's the upside for high yield?

Investors may need to display more cunning to navigate the Asian high yield bond markets during 2020 as the approaching Year of the Rat ushers in a heavy pipeline of redemptions.

Ride-hailing

How DiDi’s Jean Liu sees the future of ride-hailing

The president of the world’s largest ride-hailing company talks to FinanceAsia about international expansion, the safety record of robo-taxis and why DiDi should not be valued like Uber or Lyft.

Central Asia

Uzbekistan embraces the international capital markets

After years as a closed economy, the central Asian republic sold a dollar-denominated benchmark in February. One bank followed in November and other issues are planned for next year.

2020 G3 DCM: Bull market stretches the maturity curve

Make hay while the sun shines appears to be the motto for Asia’s international bond markets in 2020 as investment grade issuers and insurance funds see greater value in longer-dated tenors.

Private equity

Permira reveals its secrets of tech investing

Kurt Björklund explains how Permira navigates stratospheric valuations in the technology sector.

ESG

Green loans take off at Australian airports

In the battle against climate change, Australian airport operators are flying high with sustainability linked loans.

Mobile payments

Grab’s payments arm reaches tipping point on path to profits

GrabPay’s has begun rolling back subsidies for merchants, suggesting that breakeven for the division may be closer than investors expect.

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