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Lenders in Asia are likely to take advantage of low dollar funding costs and a receptive offshore investor base to sell opportunistically issue subordinated debt away from their home markets.

Deutsche Bank’s regional head of credit sales Paul Gamble has left the bank as part of a restructure of the bank’s sales products group, led by Matthew Blackwell and David Beale.

Asiamoney PLUS highlights the latest job changes from across the fixed income and financial markets.

Following on from the publication of the top rated brokerages in each country in this year's Brokers Poll, we take a closer look at the results by brokerage house and reveal some sizeable changes in ranking.

The Reserve Bank of India finally delivered its long-awaited rate cut, but analysts say further easing might be slow to come

The loan market is groaning under the weight of ambitious lending banks hoping to participate at the very top level of transactions. But this surplus of senior lenders is symptomatic of a general overpopulation in the loan market that cannot last.

Swiss investors — especially institutional investors with targets to meet — are struggling with the low yield environment in Swiss francs. Emerging market paper is in vogue with investors hunting for yield. Issuers would be wise to follow Russian Railways’ example and take advantage of this trend.

US investors are threatening to leave money market funds if regulators impose a floating net asset value on the industry, which would damage an important source of dollar funding for eurozone banks. US regulators should be wary of the potential consequences of their actions.

The bond market is awash with liquidity and rates are low. Issuers are understandably eager to lock in long-dated funding and perpetuals represent the ultimate opportunity. But investors have shown that structures with no step-up are a step too far.

Japan’s over-reliance on its bond market for revenue will face new hurdles in the near future. A shift to a tax-based funding scheme is a far more prudent plan, despite taxpayers’ resistance.

Top 3 Southeast Asia DCM Transactions - Last 12-month rolling

The central banks' status as "gods" that control the global economy is fading – and nothing really is ready to replace it