Asian bond bankers pray for Bernanke boost

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Asian bond bankers pray for Bernanke boost

Asian DCM bankers are crossing their fingers and hoping that US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gives the debt market a boost today (Friday) by unveiling plans to launch a third round of quantitative easing in the US. The market was on hold this week, and several bankers pointed to Bernanke’s pending speech as the reason why.

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