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Investors and the authorities seem reluctant to demand wholesale managerial change at the scandal-hit optics company. Failing to do so would undercut the country's corporate governance, reports Peter McGill.

As the eurozone sovereign debt crisis intensifies, European lenders are increasingly feeling the pain. While banks withdraw balance sheet and shrink their loan books, Asian corporate lenders have an opportunity to step in instead.

Several leading companies face large convertible bond repayments this year. Some may be tempted to simply delay paying the debt, but doing so would badly damage India’s investment appeal. Elliot Wilson reports.

Indonesian companies got a confidence boost this week, when power producer Cikirang Listrindo received a tremendous response to its $500m bond return. The market for high yield debt in the region is now well and truly open: borrowers should make the most of it while they can.

Banks should continue to focus their liability management exercises on subordinated debt and forget about covered bonds.

Egypt’s announcement last week that it plans to issue a $2bn sovereign sukuk was a welcome advertisement that put the country back on the map for investors and underscored the change in its attitude towards Islamic finance. But it should not be hasty. A lot more work needs to be done before Egypt attempts to access this line of funding.

With Eurozone banks having made a slow return to the Russian loan market over the first two months of 2012, they fear that domestic lenders are primed to capture market share. But Russian banks must change their attitudes towards pricing and documentation before they can fill the funding gap.

With the market rally extending into its second month, it’s logical for the market to be questioning whether the EBA’s 9% core capital requirement is still necessary. Recapitalising is a pain for the banks, and raises concerns over the supply to the real economy. But scrapping the target now would create much bigger problems down the line — for the EBA itself and for the banks.

China has told its banks to roll over a huge number of loans, according to the FT, but the debt clock continues to tick – much more transparency is needed

China's sovereign wealth fund's restatement that it won't invest in eurozone rescue funds shines a light on its investment preference: physical assets in Europe

US fast-food conglomerate Yum! Brands' latest China sales figures and Chinese expansion efforts serve as an imperfect bellwether for the Asian nation's retail outlook

AmBank/Asiamoney Roundtable Video on Malaysia’s Foreign Exchange Part 1