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UK’s digital bonds to be issued using HSBC blockchain platform
The plans also come as large financial institutions around the globe ramp up efforts to tokenise other financial instruments The UK…
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Japan’s Nikkei extends losses; bonds rise as global trade frictions weigh
Japan’s Nikkei share average fell for a fifth straight session on Wednesday as global trade frictions weighed on risk sentiment, while the…
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Japanese bonds may rebound after Katayama calls for market calm
JAPAN’S bonds are likely to rebound after Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama called for calm among market participants following a selloff…
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More bonds teetering on the brink of junk
About US$55 billion of US corporate bonds migrated from investment-grade to junk status in 2025 Beneath the calm surface of the US…
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UBS raises US$3 billion from sale of Additional Tier 1 bonds
UBS Group sold US$3 billion of Additional Tier 1 (AT1) bonds on Monday (Jan 5) as major banks face modest refinancing needs that are…
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UOB prices £750 million floating rate covered bonds due 2029
UOB announced on Tuesday (Dec 2) that it has priced £750 million (S$1.3 billion) floating rate covered bonds due June 2029. The issue date…
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Indonesian fund to raise another 12.6 trillion rupiah from patriot bonds
Indonesian sovereign wealth fund Danantara is raising an additional 12.6 trillion rupiah (S$991 million) through a debt offering to the…
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Chinese bonds see no haven demand from stock losses on PBOC bets
The central bank’s reluctance to ease its policy further remains the core issue weighing on the debt market China’s stock and bond markets…
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UOB prices 850 million euro bonds due 2030 at 2.718%
UOB said on Tuesday (Nov 25) that it has priced 850 million euros (S$1.3 billion) in fixed-rate covered bonds due 2030. The covered bonds…
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Foreigners turn net sellers of Indonesian bonds on fiscal fears
Indonesia is now the only South-east Asian market seeing net foreign bond outflows this year Global funds have turned net sellers of…
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Bitcoin drops to a 7-month low while global stocks sell off; bonds rally
Stocks sold off and Bitcoin hit a seven-month low as investors pulled back from riskier corners of the market before a high-stakes week…
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Novo gets 15 billion euros of orders for Akero acquisition bonds
Novo Nordisk has pulled in more than 15 billion euros (S$22.6 billion) of investor orders for its multi-tranche bond sale, more than…
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Thailand’s longer tenor bonds beckon global funds after rout
Investors still expect the BOT to cut rates even as the government recently upgraded the nation’s growth forecast Thailand’s longer tenor…
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Indonesian bonds hit by foreign fund outflows on policy woes
Foreign investors sold Indonesian government bonds again last month, underscoring concerns over the government’s plans to increase…
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Meta sells US$30 billion of bonds as AI frenzy fuels record orders
Technology firms are capitalising on falling borrowing costs as the Fed cuts interest rates and investors race to lock in still-elevated…
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Indonesian bonds seen extending rally on rate-cut expectations
Indonesian bonds have room to rally further, according to strategists, on expectations of further interest-rate cuts by the central bank.…
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Indonesian bonds are top pick for Schroders on Purbaya, BI bets
Schroder Investment Management favours Indonesian bonds and the rupiah as its top picks in Asia, betting that government efforts to boost…
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Meituan plans debut dim sum bonds in up to 10 billion yuan sale
The company has faced an increasingly crowded field in China’s food delivery sector, where rivals have been slashing prices Chinese food…
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Indonesia plans debut yuan bonds as dim sum issuance hits record
The country is also seeking more funding sources as President Prabowo Subianto tries to boost economic growth Indonesia is planning its…
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Morgan Stanley sells US$8 billion high-grade bonds
Morgan Stanley priced an US$8 billion investment-grade bond sale on Friday (Oct 17), the third such deal by a major Wall Street firm this…
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Asia bonds look vulnerable as Fed rate cuts deliver less support
Central banks in Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea and the Philippines have trimmed their benchmark rates by a cumulative…
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Global funds cut holdings of Chinese bonds to lowest since 2021
Overseas investors also cut their exposure to negotiable certificate of deposits in August Overseas funds offloaded Chinese sovereign…
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Corporate issuance poses headwinds for Malaysian sovereign bonds
Ringgit swaps are now pricing eight basis points of easing over the next six months, from as much as 20 basis points in mid-August…
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China's Tencent aims to raise US$1 billion equivalent in dim sum bonds
Chinese gaming and social media leader Tencent Holdings is aiming to raise the equivalent of US$1 billion in a three-tranche offshore yuan…