Insurance
Japan insurers to halve bond purchases, awaiting next BOJ hike
Industry leaders turn to alternative assets to lift returns in meantime
Bonds
Bonds
'Tremendous' currency pressure tests Asia bond investors
Korean debt sees biggest outflow in over a year as players 'lose patience' for Fed cut
Bank of Japan
Weak yen spurs speculation of further rate hikes while bond market stays calm
Inflationary pressure from import prices levels off as commodities stabilize
Bank of Japan
Bank of Japan bond purchases shrank 36% in fiscal 2023
Buying seen staying flat for now, but speculation on tightening grows
Opinion
BOJ's next challenge will be to pull back from stocks and bonds
Curtailing of purchases and paring of portfolio risk driving market turmoil
Caixin
China state-owned investment firm's 30-year bond is oversubscribed
Investors queue up for ultra-long-term credit debt issued by China Chengtong
Economy
Japan debt servicing costs face climb as BOJ ends negative rates
Interest payments could triple in 10 years, squeezing government coffers
China debt crunch
China's debt-servicing costs to top $170bn on growing bond issuances
Struggling regional governments cast shadow over country's credit rating
Bonds
China's record-low yields flash deflationary warning signs
Sluggish prices and population decline raise risk of Japanification
Bonds
Foreign investors step up purchases of Chinese government bonds
Deflationary pressures in Asia's No. 1 economy stoke hunger for sovereign debt
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Market Spotlight
Japan stocks give boost to BOJ's case for monetary tightening
Investors anticipate rate hike to 0-0.1% in April as Japanese yen hovers near 34-year low
Caixin
China's bond funds outshine equity peers amid stock slump
China's asset landscape shifts away from wealth management
Bonds
Japan sells world's 1st sovereign GX climate bonds: 3 things to know
Hope for simultaneous decarbonization and economic growth rests on new finance tool
Opinion
Japan is breaking new ground with its climate transition bonds
Debt to be repaid using revenues from emissions trading system
Bank of Japan
When will BOJ end negative rates? Policymakers eye March or April
Minutes from January meeting show more optimism going into Japan wage hike season
Politics
Japan's bond interest bill seen growing 60% to $103bn in fiscal 2027
Debt-servicing costs to eat up much of a forecast rise in tax revenue
Bonds
Japan's MUFG, Mizuho licensed to lead 'panda bond' issuances
China may seek wider opening of its massive bond market
Finance
Japan pension giant GPIF opens door to more asset managers
One of world's biggest intuitional investors to use data science to pick active funds
Opinion
More risk ahead as East Asian companies face debt deadlines
Up to 40% of region's corporate bonds due to mature within three years
Markets
Construction giant ITD adds to Thailand's corporate debt woes
Bond market tries to ease contagion concerns, with total $25.4 billion due this year
Bonds
China 10-year yield near record low on deflation fears
Speculation of easing persists even as medium-term rate kept steady
Currencies
Yen weakens to 143 against dollar on higher U.S. yields
BOJ seen unlikely to end negative rates soon after deadly earthquake
Caixin
Perpetual bonds become lifeline for China's capital-hungry insurers
Wave of these hybrid debt instruments expected to hit market in coming years
Bank of Japan
Japan markets see little chance of BOJ rate hike cycle ahead
2-year yield near zero points to 'lower for longer' outlook
Bonds
Japan to raise assumed rate for debt-servicing to 1.9%
Estimate set to increase for first time in 17 years as bond yields rise