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ADB urges Asian gov'ts to develop local currency bond markets

November 24, 2009 - 4:43pm

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) – The Asian Developing Bank (ADB) on Tuesday urged governments in Asia to continue to develop their domestic bond markets to reduce the excessive amount of reserves invested in...

Securitization of assets gathers steam in East Asian bond markets

By Ted P. Torres | April 22, 2007 - 12:00am

The securitization of assets in emerging East Asian bond markets has gathered steam after the 1997 financial crisis, and has the potential to be used as a tool to fund the region’s...

Business

Standard Chartered Bank joins ADB launch of second Thai baht bond

October 10, 2006 - 12:00am

The Standard Chartered Bank (Thai) and Bank of Ayudhya was named lead arrangers for the second Thai baht (THB) bond in the domestic capital market of Thailand issued by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The...

Banking

ADB launches $10-B multi-currency bond platform

By Ted P. Torres | September 17, 2006 - 12:00am

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) launched last week the $10-billion multi-currency bond platform for the Asian region. To be known as the Asian Currency Note Program, the ADB said this will serve as the first regional...

Business