The two large listings are adding to a sense of optimism, in particular in India and Hong Kong, with Taiwan enjoying a record year so far; and occurred before the US Fed cut rates.

MAS names new senior executives; Deloitte survey finds growing credit and climate risk concerns; Crédit Agricole CIB pioneers green interest rate swap in Singapore; Manulife hires China asset and wealth management head; and ASEAN Capital Markets Forum reveals new 5-year action plan.

A new pilot scheme to allow Chinese banks to trade government bond futures is a very healthy step in the right direction towards fully liberalising the market and allowing foreign investors to finally tap it, experts believe.

Hayden Briscoe, head of Asian fixed income at UBS, explains why Asian bond markets have rallied so strongly and why he believes that China needs to bring back its shadow banking sector.

The inclusion of Chinese bonds in international indices is a major step towards increasing the internationalisation of the renminbi.

The infrastructure is getting there but where are the people who understand how to use it? UBS Asset Management’s head of fixed income for Asia remains to be convinced.

Structural market changes and the onset of Mifid II are driving a move to online bond trading even in Asia.

Investors reckon the $2 billion sovereign bond sale could help other Chinese borrowers lower their funding costs.