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Emerging markets are going through a liquidity rally, boosted by money-printing by the Fed and the ECB. But it may turn into a growth rally

Chinese GDP, industrial output, retail sales, infrastructure and household consumption data show that the economy may avoid a hard landing

China’s economy may have bottomed out over the short term but challenges remain in the long run, according to Rogoff, Rogers and Faber

Confusion stemming from QE3 and lingering questions on the eurozone’s future distort investors’ market perception and altered allocations to assets worldwide, say experts.

Loan liquidity in pockets of Asia is still undamaged, but pricing is skewed from region to region due primarily to the cost of funding rather than banks’ capital requirements, according to DBS.

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

Asiamoney invited local and international investors and finance managers from corporates and government-linked agencies to participate in the second annual Fixed Income Poll.

Beijing has the opportunity to make the country’s bond market a bona fide avenue to alleviating the debt burden of local banks and businesses, but only if it can attract new investors and issuers. To do that, the government will have to address some fundamental issues, writes Anita Davis.

The island is set to become the latest country to allow for offshore renminbi products, including bonds. By doing so, its banks hope to open a new source of revenue. Matthew Montagu-Pollock reports.

Hanoi has announced plans to restructure its bloated state-owned enterprises by selling off assets or listing them on the stock exchange. But it most needs to root out the deep-seated cronyism that permeates these companies and the banking sector. Frances Yoon reports.

The region is benefiting from a combination of rising levels of foreign investment and growing local demand for fixed income instruments, which has been to the great benefit of its credit market and interest rate markets in particular. Richard Morrow reports.

Padraic Fallon, chairman of Euromoney Institutional Investor, died Saturday after year-long battle with cancer. He was 66.