Asia Pacific

Top 3 Offshore RMB DCM Transactions - Last 12-month rolling

The IMF downgraded slightly its global growth forecasts for this year and the next but said the main risks have receded

Traders have noticed a strong rise in offshore renminbi liquidity in 2013 as improved sentiment and corporate demand brings investors back to the currency.

Flows of capital to emerging markets will increase this year; equity markets will benefit the most, while bonds will stagnate, the IIF predicts

Rating downgrades will still outpace upgrades this year for Asian companies, but the pressure should ease, Moody’s Investors Service says

Asia’s LCY bond markets are set to perform better than their dollar counterparts this year in a trend led by the development of the offshore renminbi market, which will grow by up to Rmb300 billion.

Gold demand has slowed and supply is on the rise, while stocks become attractive again; will the price of gold take a break?

Concerns about a rise in protectionism in the BRIC economies and developed markets run high; smaller countries are seen as more open

The People's Bank of China could tighten monetary policy later in the year following better than expected growth, economists say

Singapore medical technology company Biosensors International made its debut in the public bond market at the start of the week, raising S$300m ($244.9m).