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There are caveats though: the Sino-US trade war and the fact the renminbi is not yet fully convertible.

The upcoming launch of Hong Kong's first sovereign green bond and recent green measures will grow the city's green financial market in scale and maturity.

China hopes a new framework might help countries avoid unsustainable levels of Belt and Road-related debt. But, as Malaysia has shown, some hard bargaining may also be in order.

The inclusion of Chinese bonds in international indices will foster a more mature bond market with liquid benchmark rates.

On the back of a buoyant market, Manila doubled what it raised from a similar dollar bond sale in 2018 and was the year's first Asia sovereign borrower out of the blocks.

Sino-US trade tensions and rising defaults won't scare off foreign investment in the onshore China bond market just yet -- not with index inclusion looming and more tax incentives.

The criminal charges announced by the US Department of Justice in the scandal surrounding 1MDB is a cautionary tale for banks operating in Asia.

The state treasury is going beyond the Climate Bond Initiative definition of 'green' as it seeks to stop flooding and save the Great Barrier Reef. It's grappling with dilemmas ESG investors also have to face.

Pakistan may be an emerging market country in name, but it remains a frontier market by nature.