Asia Pacific

Inflation in India is still high, while the slowdown in growth is due to structural factors that a cut in interest rates would not solve, the IMF said

China's outgoing cabinet at last approved reforms to deal with rising income inequality, in a move some analysts called 'a gift'

Gazprombank shrugged off a soft tone in the bond market on Monday to close a Rmb500m ($79.4m) dim sum bond, making its debut despite the wider market tumbling.

Gazprombank shrugged off a soft tone in the bond market on Monday to close a Rmb500m ($79.4m) dim sum bond, making its debut despite the wider market tumbling.

Mexico could become the main supplier of goods to the US by 2018, beating China and Canada, according to analysts from HSBC

The cost of funding in the offshore market is likely to remain sticky owing to strong demand for CNH funds, leading to subdued supply of CGBs as costs remain elevated, says the bank.

Gazprombank became the latest Russian borrower to launch an offshore renminbi deal on Monday, opening books for a three year dim sum debut that it was hoping to price overnight.

As fears of a breakup of the eurozone receded and good news on economic data became more frequent, investors moved out of 'safe' bonds

Offshore renminbi deals in London have picked up in both trade-related services and foreign exchange as the city ramps up efforts to become a CNH hub, according to City of London research.

Banks aren’t rushing to cut their 2013 dim sum forecasts despite the exceptionally quiet summer. However, analysts agree that capital-raising for the remainder of the year will be challenging.

China's official PMI disappointed in January, coming in much weaker than markets expected, but the alternative HSBC PMI measure jumped up

New World China Land returned to the dim sum market this week, pricing the market’s first unrated five year bond and one of the largest offshore renminbi bonds yet.