Asia Pacific

If 'Abenomics' wins, everyone stands to gain; but if the stars don't align properly, a 'day or reckoning' follows

Credit enhancement structures for offshore Chinese bond deals are deteriorating both in terms of the quality of the structure itself and the quality of the standalone credit, according to Fidelity.

China will make 'significant' moves towards making its currency, the renminbi, fully convertible in the next 3 years, a central bank official told LatinFinance

Latin America is torn between the US and China and needs more integration, the new IDB director for Brazil says

Surpluses of copper building up in China and elsewhere threaten to push prices even lower

Inflation is back on the agenda in China, where recent comments by the head of the central bank sparked worries of interest rate rises

Consumers in the world's biggest emerging markets take a step back, raising concern

Many hopes for emerging market development hang on a ‘merger’ between Asia and Latin America. But it is easier said than done

‘Keepwell’ agreements do not provide full credit substitution benefits like guarantees due to the former’s lack of legal precedence in China, adding an area of uncertainty to dim sum bondholders.

Singaporean commodities company Noble Group raised $400m this week, selling its first senior unsecured bond in almost two years. The company returned to the market with a five year bond, after investors made clear on the road that they were losing their appetite for longer-dated paper.

For Latin America, it is no longer certain that commodities are a short-term blessing and a long-term curse