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Emerging market bonds in East Asia on a roll

Back in March this year the Asian Development Bank (ADB) produced a report showing how fast the local currency (LCY) bond markets were developing across Asia. By the end of 2012 East Asia’s LCY bond market had reached $6.5 trillion, with the corporate sector bond market growing from 4.2% by value, quarter over quarter, in the third quarter of 2012, …

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Over regulation of financial market will cause problems in future

SINGAPORE: The head of Singapore’s biggest bank said over-regulation of the financial market will cause problems in coming years. CEO of DBS, Piyush Gupta, said Asian banks do not have the same problems as their global peers in meeting capital and liquidity requirements. Speaking at the sidelines of a banking industry forum on Friday, Mr Gupta said the Asian financial …

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Top 10 M&A predictions for Asia in 2013

Asia-Pacific, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, South Korea 1. Myanmar opens new market opportunities Perhaps one of the biggest changes for Asia’s M&A market in 2013 is the significant increase expected in inbound investment into Myanmar. The suspension of certain international sanctions, along with the passing of the new Foreign Investment Law, which was brought into force in November …

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Nikkei hits 6.5-month high above 9,500 on Monday morning

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TOKYO, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) — Nikkei rose sharply high early Monday, hitting a 6.5-month high above 9,500. The market was lifted by the optimistic expectation for export on weaker yen. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average rose 154.36 points, or 1.64 percent, from Friday to 9,538. 53, trading at its highest intraday level since …

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