US Fed gives Asia’s dollar-denominated bond markets a massive boost. But can the positive momentum continue beyond Chinese New Year?
High-yield issuers are back in force with new US dollar bonds, indicating that secondary market valuations have finally returned to attractive levels for fixed income investors.
Has the G3 market reached bottom, or will continued spread pressure tip more stressed credits over the edge?
Southeast Asia and India were the bright spots in the debt capital markets in 2018. Could this be the year they emerge from China’s shadow?
After a tough 2018 that saw rising US interest rates and trade tensions with China, is this year going to be any easier? What do market participants forecast for the year ahead?
The city state of Singapore is taking steps to improve retail safeguards following a spate of defaults in its bond market. But is there more stress to come?
Urgent refinancing needs have driven Fantasia and Greenland to sell US dollar bonds. But with the coupon on Fantasia’s paper at 15%, they are having to pay up for the privilege.
Unfazed by trade war fears, the Shenzhen property developer and recent defaulter raised $300 million from a US dollar one-year bond. It is arguably the year's priciest Asian high-yield issue.
The supply/demand imbalance in G3 bond issuance from China is getting worse as institutional investors pack up for the year. The one exception is distressed investors.
Indonesia’s problems have reignited debate about how countries can protect themselves from destabilization by foreign capital flows, and their borrowers from foreign exchange risk.
Borrowers need funds, but the buy-side and sell-side remain divided over whether investors will have to deploy cash before the year-end.
Chinese property sector dollar bonds came under massive pressure in the secondary market as Evergrande raised $1.8 billion in a new deal which priced at a significant premium to its outstanding bonds.
The Development Bank of Mongolia's successful international bond market return underscores a remarkable economic turnaround almost two years after the country nearly defaulted. But how much upside remains?
Heavy issuance clouds relative value perceptions in secondary markets as the gap widens between the fortunes of investment grade and high yield transactions.
Deputy prime minister says the country has overturned expectations about a misunderstood credit following the successful completion of a $500 million deal.
Are bond investors failing to heed HNA’s lessons by taking a sanguine view about Huarong’s financial woes?
Deal flow set to pick up if regulatory hold ups are resolved and markets play ball.
Markets brace for a crucial few weeks that will likely determine how 2018 comes to be remembered.
The founder of Noble will free up his executive director role ahead of the beleaguered commodity trading firm's vote on its $3.5 billion debt-for-equity swap.
Shareholders of the beleaguered commodity trading firm will decide later this month whether to save it from collapse by voting on a searing debt-for-equity swap.