CICC is looking to strengthen ties between China and the Gulf region; meanwhile, a former MD at Standard Chartered, Kapil Jobanputra, has become managing partner of real asset firm Elaeo Partners.
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.
Make hay while the sun shines appears to be the motto for Asia’s international bond markets in 2020 as investment grade issuers and insurance funds see greater value in longer-dated tenors.
Primary market demand is likely to be extremely strong. But will secondary market trading volumes strike the right liquidity balance between Hong Kong and New York?
Even though the flotation for China's largest lender has been postponed until November, it might still prove challenging for the A-share market to swallow.