Asian Bond Markets are growing rapidly as Asian borrowers switch away from short term bank loans towards longer term debt financing. Although Asia is often thought of in financial markets as being just the Far East, Asia also includes countries of the Middle East, Kazakhstan and the vast majority of the land mass of Russia and Turkey. Issuance in Asia is predominantly issued by sovereign issuers but Corporate bonds are becoming an important source of growth in Asian fixed income markets. Current ...
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