bonds; bond financing by Asian firms; and the role of different institutional investors in Asia-Pacific bond markets. … policy on bond markets; determinants of Asian bond prices; corporate bond market liquidity; the establishment of benchmark …

The eight local currency bond markets in which the Asian Bond Funds 2 (ABF2) invests have continued to develop since … 2011. But the development of corporate bonds continues to lag that of government bonds. We focus on areas where we believe … there remains work to be done to foster corporate bond markets. In primary markets, we suggest measures to expand the range …