Bond
ADDX launches fixed income marketplace and digitised bond programme
PRIVATE market exchange ADDX has launched its blockchain-based ADDX Fixed Income Marketplace (ADDX FI) alongside a multi-issuer debt issuance programme for companies to issue digitised commercial paper and bonds....
Japanese bond yields climb to decade highs on BOJ policy bets
JAPANESE sovereign bond yields are surging to the highest levels in more than a decade amid signs the central bank is ready to reduce debt purchases to ease pressure...
China megabanks kick off 60 billion yuan loss-absorbing bond sales
TWO of China’s biggest state banks will sell a combined 60 billion yuan (S$11.2 billion) of total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC) bonds starting this week, the first such debt sales...
BOJ cuts bond buying in regular operation as yen stays weak
The Bank of Japan offered to purchase a smaller amount of government bonds in a regular operation on Monday (May 13) than it did on April 24 as it...
Asia’s aversion to rate cuts steers EM bond investors away
EMERGING Asian bonds may have less room to rally compared to their global peers as central banks in the region are unlikely to embark on aggressive interest-rate cuts.Inflation-adjusted yields...
ANZ faces regulator probe on Australia government bond sale
ANZ Group Holdings said Australia’s markets regulator is investigating the firm’s execution of a government bond sale last year.The bank said the inquiries by the Australian Securities and Investments...
China to start one trillion yuan bond sale on Friday to boost economy
CHINA will start selling the first batch of its one trillion yuan (S$187 billion) of ultra-long special sovereign bonds on Friday (May 17), as officials ramp up efforts to...
Asian junk bond sales are hottest in five years on India boom
ASIA’S high-yield US dollar bond sales this year have grown annually for the first time in five years, fuelled by Indian financial companies’ rush to access offshore investors.Regional sales...
