Dec
15
Developing Asian Bond Market Set to Top Japan as Funds Go Global
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Asia’s emerging debt market reached $8.8 trillion: ADB
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Philippines, Indonesia yield spreads widen versus Japan
Japanese pension funds and life insurers starved for yield at home can increasingly look next door for a bond market that’s on the verge of outgrowing their own.
Total outstanding debt in emerging Asian markets reached $8.8 trillion this year, with about a third of that in China, versus $9.2 trillion in Japan, according to the Asian Development Bank. Twenty-year government bonds, the maturity preferred by these investors, yield 1.025 percent in Japan, compared with 3.68 percent in China, about 5.5 percent in the Philippines and more than 9 percent in Indonesia. The ADB is seeking to open the markets and make them more appealing to global funds…
Developing Asian Bond Market Set to Top Japan as Funds Go Global
