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—Charles Feng, regional head of fx, rates and credit trading for North East Asia at Standard Chartered in Hong Kong, on how the new offshore China yuan HIBOR will inject greater transparency into the fx forward market.

The one thing that has sent European companies' valuations higher despite the eurozone crisis has been China, an expert tells Emerging Markets

Shocked by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's ambiguity over quantitative easing, global markets were also hit by bad Chinese factory data showing a weaker outlook

Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank and Indian Overseas Bank are considering issuing USD bonds and would do well to come to market as global sentiment on Indian bank credit is improving.

The newly formed China Railway Corporation’s lack of clarity to whether its upcoming maiden renminbi bond will be government-backed calls the need for investors to price in potential risks, say experts.

Participants in the G20 meeting in September will receive proposals to kick-start a special fund for budding infrastructure projects, according to the head of a special task force

The Thai MoF’s cosseting of investors is bordering on the ridiculous. The treasury must start letting bondholders think for themselves if it doesn’t want to damage the domestic market.

The UK bank has been voted the best provider of offshore renminbi products and services for the second time in a row, according to an increased number of corporates, financial institutions and investors.

Citic Pacific’s reopening of its $800m perpetual bond less than a week after the original deal has stunned debt bankers. But it left some bond investors distressed after it triggered a drop in secondary prices. They might not like it, but the savvy approach has proved to be a winning one for the issuer.

International and regional lenders are once again opening their wallets to Dubai, the debt laden emirate. But they would do well to heed the lessons from the last three years or they could be doomed to repeat them.

Australian investors have a deserved reputation for being fussier about what they buy than their European counterparts — that’s why the Kangaroo market has traditionally been dominated by the cream of the SSA crop. This is starting to change.

Resource-rich Kazakhstan has changed a lot in the past 20 years. But more needs to be done to cut dependence on fossil fuels, writes the EBRD's Janet Heckman