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

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.

Bank of China’s landmark onshore perpetual bond deal opens up a new fundraising avenue for the capital-strapped banking sector.

The French bank seek to spur more revenue from its global M&A franchise.

Asian investors are embracing more lower rated European borrowers as the hunt for yield continues.

Strong demand for deal with a "proper" perpetual structure as group moves closer to creating the world's largest chemical company.

Reflecting the growing importance of green bonds, FinanceAsia welcomed investors and issuers from across the region to a special conference in Hong Kong last month.