Markets

Aamir Khan was parachuted into the top job in mid-August and has since swept through the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan streamlining and simplifying regulations. He spoke to FinanceAsia about his vision to re-ignite the country’s capital markets.

After a lacklustre few years thanks in part to over-regulation, Pakistan is cleaning up its image for issuers and investors and betting on simplified IPO rules to catalyse the market. Three IPOs are waiting for approval and more are in the wings, bankers claim.

Despite aggressive pricing and historically tight yields, investors' appetite for Asia tech credit appears undiminished. It's an issuer's market for sure, but is it enough for a Xiaomi, Gojek, Traveloka or Tokopedia to take the bait?

China's bank capital issuers didn't really give a fig for the offshore markets in 2019. Will their attitude change in 2020?

Asia is finally awake to green and sustainable financing as banks amend their lending practices and encourage bond issuers to follow suit.

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

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