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Time spent with global investors allowed the central Asian republic to slash funding costs and refocus the economy away from coal while paving way for a future issuance.

The music platform shrugged off souring relations between China and the US, and hit all of the right notes with its two-part bond deal.

The technology giant has sold a $6 billion four-tranche bond which pushes its curve out to 40 years as it plans massive investment in technology infrastructure.

The international hunt for yield has helped the Philippines sell its largest-ever offshore bond, but despite a ratings upgrade by S&P, it must balance fiscal easing with a balanced currency.

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.

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

Understanding what lies behind the mask is becoming ever more important as a wider variety of credits from across the region access the international bond markets.

Investors may need to display more cunning to navigate the Asian high yield bond markets during 2020 as the approaching Year of the Rat ushers in a heavy pipeline of redemptions.