Asia-pacific Fixed Income Markets: An Analysis Of The Money, Bond, And Interest Derivative Markets Of The Region

The Asian Fixed Income markets are the fastest growing of their kind in the world. Astute fund managers and international investors seeking high returns can no longer afford not to include Asian debt instruments in their portfolios, given the low yields of debt issues by industrial economies.

This timely book is an essential resource and guide for anyone searching for information on the Fixed Income markets of the region. The topics thoroughly covered for each market are:

• An overview of the Asian bond markets: scale and scope

• Overview of domestic and international issues

• Types of Securities - Money and Bond

• Issuers

• Data on the size and scope of the Fixed-Income Markets and Instruments

• Current Investors and the focus on broadening the base

• Credit Ratings Process and Rating Agencies

• Methods of Trading

• Market Practices and Conventions

• Regulations and Regulatory Institutions

• Issuing procedures unique to each Market

• Settlement Issues

• Custodial Issues

• Taxation

• Fixed-Income Derivatives

Comprehensible and accessible, this volume will help both native and non-native investors navigate the intricacies of Asian Fixed-Income markets.

As stability has begun to return to the Asia-Pacific region, so do international investors' appetites for high-yielding Asian securities. Right now, due to the substantial bank debt accrued during the last financial crisis there, the liveliest investment areas in the Asian-Pacific region are fixed income instruments. Authors Jonathan A. Batten and Thomas A. Fetherston provide country-by-country analyses, including highly-focused descriptions of the history, current disposition, and future prospects of each country's bond markets, along with detailed explanations of the market structure and conventions in each.
Jonathan Batten is a Professor of Finance at Deakin University. His professional experience includes senior posts at the Australian Industry Development Corporation, The Bank of Tokyo, Credit Lyonnais and IBM Consulting in their Asia-Pacific Banking and Finance Group.