Opportunities In A Fragmented World: Emerging Asia's Bond Markets
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FTSE Russell1.03K FollowersFollow5ShareSavePlay(23min)CommentsSummaryOver the past five years, yields in emerging Asian bond markets have followed the US interest rate cycle but with smaller absolute movements.The 7-10-year sovereign bond yield spreads of emerging Asian markets over US Treasuries have gradually narrowed post-pandemic.Over the past five years, Asia’s US dollar credit markets have transitioned from an extended period of low yields to a higher-yield environment.For investors, Asian bonds still present opportunities, including higher yields, shorter average durations, lower inflation, room for further easing and for currency appreciation. Prae_Studio/iStock via Getty Images By Mandy Chiang, Senior Associate, Fixed Income and Convertible Bonds Product and Belle Chang, Senior Manager, Global Investment Research, FTSE Russell Over the past five years, yields in emerging Asian bond markets have followed the USThis article was written byFTSE Russell1.03K FollowersFollowA leading global provider of benchmarks, analytics, and data solutions with multi-asset capabilities FTSE Russell's solutions offer a true representation of global markets across asset classes, styles, and strategies. Our global perspective is underpinned by specialist knowledge gained from developing local solutions and understanding client needs around the world. FTSE Russell is a wholly owned subsidiary of London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), and is a unit of the Information Services Division.FTSE Russell’s expertise and products are used extensively by institutional and retail investors globally. For over 30 years, leading asset owners, asset managers. ETF providers, and investment banks have chosen FTSE Russell indexes to benchmark their investment performance and create investment funds, ETFs, structured products and index-based derivatives. FTSE Russell indexes also provide clients with tools for asset allocation, investment strategy analysis and risk management.The Yield Book analytical insights With the recent addition of The Yield Book business, FTSE Russell extends its expertise in analytics to a highly respected analytics platform that serves approximately 350 institutions globally including investment management firms, banks, central banks, insurance companies, pension funds, broker-dealers, hedge funds and investment management firms.
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