Asia Pacific
China’s Economic Slowdown Increasingly Likely to be Protracted – CA CIB
The coronavirus pandemic could be the final straw for an economy already weakened by the extended trade standoff with the US, the bank’s analysis suggests.
12 Mar 2020
Fiscal Stimulus Required to Support Monetary Easing as Asian PMIs Drop – PineBridge
As global central banks react to the COVID-19 linked global economic slowdown, monetary policy tools may no longer be sufficient to support growth, PineBridge warns in a new analysis.
11 Mar 2020
Yes Bank Taken Over by RBI in Dramatic Move, Highlighting Continued Banking Sector Woes in India
Yes Bank Ltd, India’s fourth-largest privately-owned lender, had its board superseded by the Reserve Bank of India this week, an extraordinary move that sent the company’s stocks and bonds crashing and a further sign of the country’s continued difficulty resolving poor bank balance sheets. If the RBI gets the resolution right, however, it could catalyse a swift reversal in sentiment that has long…
6 Mar 2020
Jain Irrigation Rating Cut in First Emerging Market Green Bond Default
S&P this week cut the rating of India-based irrigation company Jain Irrigation Systems to ‘D’ after the company failed to make interest payments on a green bond, the first default on a green bond in emerging markets.
5 Mar 2020
India to Counter Impact of Coronavirus Through Renewed Credit Growth – IDFC Mutual Fund
The Fed’s decision to cut rates on Tuesday by a further 50bps in response to the coronavirus marked the latest in a series of strong policy responses from monetary authorities and governments worldwide. According to Suyash Choudhary, Head of Fixed Income at IDFC Mutual Fund, India looks likely to follow the US in utilising additional fiscal and monetary measures.
5 Mar 2020
Impact of Coronavirus Begins to Show in Economic Data
As the coronavirus continues to spread, with novel cases being reported in countries across the world almost daily, its impact is beginning to become evident in economic data.
28 Feb 2020
China Central Bank Announces New Relief Measures for SMEs to Kickstart Economy, Contain Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) announced a slew of new measures designed to ease access to financing and loan terms for small businesses in a bid to kickstart a flagging economy being battered by a viral outbreak.
27 Feb 2020
Risk-Off Sentiment ‘Relatively Limited’ in Response to Coronavirus – Blackrock
As a growing number of cases of coronavirus are confirmed outside of China markets have become shaky.
6 Feb 2020
India’s Budget Fails to Offer Expansionary Fiscal Stimulus
India’s Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, unveiled the 2020 Union Budget of India this week to a lukewarm reception, as it failed to offer the expansionary fiscal policy measures many believe necessary to kickstart the struggling economy.
5 Feb 2020
Yield to Maturity of Individual Securities Key Barometer for Credit Risk – IDFC Mutual Fund
Investors should pay more attention to the yield to maturity (YTM) of individual securities when assessing credit risk in a portfolio, according to a note from Arvind Subramanian, Fund Manager at IDFC Mutual Fund.
30 Jan 2020