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‘Asset famine’ in China curbs central bank’s bond trading ambitions
A SCARCITY of low-risk assets in China’s financial sector is obstructing the central bank’s plans to make its monetary policy toolkit more efficient with a return to the treasury...
Bill Gross says Trump is ‘bearish’ choice for bond markets
RETURNING Donald Trump to the presidency would be the more “bearish” choice for bond markets, famed bond investor Bill Gross said in an interview with The Financial Times.Gross, once...
Alibaba is said to price US$4.5 billion convertible bond sale
ALIBABA Group Holding has raised US$4.5 billion from a convertible bond sale, in one of the largest such offerings in recent years, according to sources familiar with the matter.The...
Alibaba is considering convertible bond sale
ALIBABA Group Holding is considering selling convertible bonds to raise about US$5 billion, people familiar with the matter said, following a US$1.75 billion offering by rival Chinese online retailer...
China’s JD.com aims to raise US$1.5 billion in convertible bond deal
CHINESE online retailer JD.com is raising US$1.5 billion via a convertible bond sale, according to the company’s regulatory filings on Tuesday (May 21).
SoftBank plans 550 billion yen bond in Japan, adding to jumbo deals
SOFTBANK Group is planning its latest jumbo bond in the home yen market, which if successful would make the tech conglomerate one of the biggest Asian corporate borrowers in...
Japan’s 10-year bond yield hits decade-high amid BOJ policy bets
JAPAN’S benchmark government bond yield climbed to highest since 2013 amid expectations that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) is committed to normalising interest rates and supporting the struggling yen....
Indonesia raises US$1.3 billion in its largest Samurai bond sale
INDONESIA raised 200 billion yen (S$1.72 billion) in its largest sale of Japanese yen-denominated bonds, the finance ministry said in a statement on Friday (May 17).
