Treasury & Capital Markets
High-yield bonds help drive strong Asia G3 bond issuance
Volume in first nine months of 2019 reaches US$269.19 billion, up 28.1% from the same period last year
Chito Santiago
2 Oct 2019
The issuance of G3 bonds in Asia, outside of Japan and Australia, remains robust as the volume reached US$269.19 billion in the first nine months of 2019, representing an increase of 28.1% from US$210.19 billion in the same period a year ago. The amount nearly matched the entire 2018 issuance volume of US$273 billion.
