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As Asia’s GDP and wealth expansion outpaces growth in Europe and the US, Yuanta Securities’ award-winning service is helping the company make further inroads into wealth management and investment banking in the region and beyond

Maturing attitudes towards green debt are creating a new market for products like sustainable loans, finds an ANZ/FinanceAsia poll.

The first quarter of 2019 provided some positives for the Philippines. Inflation continued downwards, adding to the election-year stimulus. Foreign investors have also returned to the domestic stock market, reflected in year-to-date net foreign inflows of P40 billion ($768 million).

Huatai International’s expert team is providing crucial private credit capital to very high-profile deals in the region. Well-connected and nimble, it is proving how important bridging the liquidity gap between the investment banks and alternative investors truly is.

2019 is shaping up well for the Philippines with February’s inflation dropping to 3.8%. Bond investors have bitten, which bodes well for corporate debt issuance in the second half of the year.

As a leading large-sized retail commercial bank in China, the Postal Savings Bank of China is positioned to serve the community, small and medium-sized enterprises, and Sannong (agriculture, farmers and rural areas) customers.

Although 2019 is not a presidential election year, First Metro Investment Corporation’s Rabboni Francis Arjonillo predicts May’s general election will stimulate consumer confidence and the nation’s economy in the first half of this year.

Local-government financing vehicles have been one of the fastest growing sectors for G3 bonds. Fitch Ratings’ international public finance team’s Terry Gao, Samuel Kwok and Ark Huang reveal their outlook for this sector in 2019.

China’s property development sector has set the dial to stability in the coming year but Moody’s believes tight regulatory controls on home buyers, restrictions on credit and weakening sentiment will all affect developers’ financial profiles.