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India posted lower growth in the third quarter, despite a string of reforms announced by the government earlier in the autumn

Industrial demand for copper may have been exaggerated because of high unreported stocks in China, an analyst said

UK-based hedge fund Stratton Street sees value in buying US dollar bonds from Asian countries with high net finances to GDP, using an NDF to add renminbi exposure.

Debt capital market bankers say next year’s biggest challenge will be enticing European names to the region – and convincing Asian investors these credits are worth their time.

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

The crisis dealt a double blow of deleveraging and falling trade to small eastern European economies, but big countries also suffered

It’s usually European politicians that get it in the neck for being blind to Europe’s debt-shaped problem. But is the LBO market equally guilty?

The ECB is relaxing the deadlines for banks to give it details about the loans that underlie ABS that they are tendering for repo. The delay is unsurprising, but it serves as a reminder that the central bank's ultimate threat to refuse repo is likely to be a hollow one.

Chinese companies listed in the US are missing out. They have toiled to file all the necessary documentation for an IPO, but are not yet taking advantage of SEC-registered bond issuance. It is time they reconsidered this. They are within reach of selling a bond that would be little more than a pipedream for most Chinese companies.

The EFSF has turned absurdity into triumph and asserted its status as a mature, flexible issuer. Its €7bn 364-day trade shows what is possible in this benign environment. Other SSA issuers should grab pre-funding while the good times last.

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