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Asian bond markets have been staging an unexpected recovery as fund flows turn positive and investors begin putting money back to work. Can it last as Sino-US trade tensions take centre stage once more?

In the biggest Chinese outbound M&A deal in Korea, Qingdao Doublestar agrees to buy 45% of the South Korean tyre maker for $597 million with the threat of bankruptcy looming.

Issuers ignore heavy pipeline with two tightly priced deals.

Trio of dollar-denominated issuers mark a busy day for the Asian primary markets.

Traditional New Year policy bank deal achieves warm reception as market shrugs off North Korean nuclear bomb test.

Korea Development Bank's second three-year deal is priced with a coupon rate of 4.2%, in line with initial guidance. UOB, meanwhile, is poised to follow DBS with a covered bond.

Korean quasi sovereign oil group completes dollar bond in seesawing markets, while HSBC and Bank of China HK ready the first panda bonds by financial institutions.

Korean policy bank zips into market ahead of potential volatility surrounding next week's Federal Reserve meeting.

State-run Korea Development Bank’s financing could increase as much as $2 billion in 2014 as the government seeks to reunite Korea Finance Corp with the policy bank by July.