Fixed Income

Global bonds are in their first bear market in a generation. AsianInvestor asks how investors should cope with the unusual situation.

Most family offices in Asia are ready to get started with ESG impact investing, but the question they have is “how?”, according to Robert Kim of professional athlete Jeremy Lin’s family office.

At a recent media conference, incoming Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) governor, Felipe Medalla, stressed the bank’s focus on stabilising inflation, and does not rule out more aggressive policy tightening.

The 50-year bond is the first of its kind, and a strong response reflects institutional demand.

Despite non-property developer bonds being relatively more attractive than Chinese government bonds (CGBs), overall sentiment among foreign investors is likely to remain low in the second half of the year.

Varsity endowments are cutting back allocations to public markets in favour of private alternatives for higher yields, a trend that is expected to stay as inflation bites and stocks and bonds lose their allure.

With Singapore as its base, single family office Carbon Graphite is looking to invest in start-ups in the innovation and technology sector in the region, as well as searching for other opportunities globally.

With an eye on private assets amid growing inflation and uncertainty, sovereign wealth funds pivot to US and Asia Pacific and away from Europe as the war in Ukraine rages, according to the latest Invesco report.

Ping An of China Asset Management hires new MD and fixed income head; Two senior executives leave HKEX; Prudential Thailand names chief actuary; Fidelity promotes new head of equities in China; BlackRock relocates Eric Liu to Shanghai as fixed income head; WTW appoints new head of crb for Hong Kong; and more

As the South Asian economy looks to eliminate interest from its banking system, Fitch Ratings' global head of Islamic finance, Bashar Al Natoor, examines what this could mean for the country’s Islamic finance sector.

Amid market volatility and tightening monetary policies, investors are turning to private credit, investment-grade bonds and value equities in developed markets.

The new Swap Connect, which will be launched in six months’ time, will provide one more hedging tool for offshore Chinese bondholders under the China-Hong Kong Bond Connect.