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Concerns raised by the Financial Services Commission on whether Doosan’s hybrid bond should be considered as debt rather than equity after it was priced is prompting a rethink on future structures.

Korea’s covered bond legislation will likely be passed in December, followed by a deal from Korea Housing Finance Corp which will set the stage for deals from four of the country’s largest lenders.

The ASIAMONEY Fixed Income Poll 2012 ranks the best instituions in credit, interest rates and commodities, overall and by country, with results compared against 2011.

Indonesian power, construction and consumer companies will be pushed into the offshore bond market as onshore dollar loan liquidity tightens further in 2013.

The Hong Kong and Taiwanese companies have been respectively voted as the top and second-best companies for overall corporate governance in our latest annual survey. Sun Hung Kai Properties ranks third.

The HSBC flash China manufacturing PMI expanded for the first time in 13 months in November, but the recovery depends on the US “fiscal cliff”

Alister Moss, head of fixed income rates sales for Asia, left the bank on November 16.

—Peter Green, partner at Morrison & Foerster in London, on the U.S. Treasury’s decision to exempt fx forwards and swaps from the clearing obligation under Dodd-Frank.

Investors were seen decreasing exposure to synthetic exchange‑traded funds, but those with assets considered to be stable saw an uptick in new net investments during the third quarter.

An extension of the US quantitative easing (QE) policy would make investors sell the USD and go into emerging markets, a strategist said

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