Policy credibility and deepening capital markets are transforming Asian fixed income from a tactical play into a strategic allocation, even as managers debate whether the region can compete on yield with other emerging markets.
Infrastructure, mid-market corporate lending and emerging areas such as fund financing continue to attract capital, supported by structural financing gaps and resilient cashflows.
The 2025 SCO meeting highlighted further moves toward a new global order, as the Eurasian group's members back regional security, tech innovation and new investment pathways across Asia.
Institutional investors from Singapore, Qatar and Canada are backing a $13 billion Series F fundraising round for the AI platform Anthropic; Temasek is set to make a minority investment in Nuveen's private credit arm; AustralianSuper to keep US Treasury holdings; and more.
Rising global security pressures and surging defense budgets are prompting institutional investors across Asia and beyond to recalibrate their strategies.
With US monetary policy entering a new phase, Asian credit markets are attracting attention thanks to cleaner corporate balance sheets and an attractive yield profile.
Fallen developer Evergrande’s Hong Kong delisting casts a spotlight on China’s property crisis and raises fresh questions about the battered sector's future role in the world's number two economy.
With sentiment weighed down by US trade policy, a 19% property investment decline in Q2 masks a major strategic shift, as capital flows into sectors including data centres and South Korea's logistics sector.