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The Australian federal government is decreasing the number of bonds it issues into the market, a move that has provoked concern from the country's issuers and investors. They believe that Australia needs a strong bond market, whether it needs the funds or not. One controversial solution is that the government should continue to issue bonds, which it would then invest in securities – “selling Telstra to buy Microsoft” as it has been cynically described. Asiamoney's Fiona Haddock discussed the issue with semi-government issuers and institutional investors in Sydney. National Australia Bank acted as co-chair.

A report by Deutsche Bank

The Australian federal government is decreasing the number of bonds it issues into the market, a move that has provoked concern from the country's issuers and investors. They believe that Australia needs a strong bond market, whether it needs the funds or not. One controversial solution is that the government should continue to issue bonds, which it would then invest in securities – “selling Telstra to buy Microsoft” as it has been cynically described. Asiamoney's Fiona Haddock discussed the issue with semi-government issuers and institutional investors in Sydney. National Australia Bank acted as co-chair.

Chinese financial institutions based in Hong Kong are vying for post-WTO market share on the mainland by providing Wall Street-style money management techniques. Pauline Loong reports.

Minister Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti is the coordinating minister for economic affairs for Indonesia. Within that remit comes a range of challenges and issues – most recently the delayed Bank Niaga sale, the fines levied against parties to the Indomobil sale, the continuing battles of IBRA against bad debts, and the effect of the Manulife judgment on foreign investor sentiment. In an interview in Jakarta in June he shared his views, in a roundabout way, with Chris Wright.

Hong Kong has taken another step along the road to boosting its derivatives market by introducing exchange-listed, equity-linked instruments. Pauline Loong looks at how they work.

Indonesia is back in the debt markets. It's not quite like the good old days, when investors would buy anything with the label Indonesia on it, but investment bankers are getting Indonesian issues away, nicely oversubscribed. It's a welcome change, says Matthew Montagu-Pollock.

Hana wins Seoulbank bid

After years of uncertainty, the reform of Indonesia's banking sector is at last gathering pace. Maggie Ford reports.

A report by CLSA

A report by CLSA