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The article offers information on the Chinese government's 11th five-year plan that was launched in 2006 which aimed at strong international competitiveness by the end of 2010. The target was for China to create a group of enterprises that have strong proprietary and intellectual property rights and famous brands. It adds that the emergent superpower has aimed for patriotic branding and symbolic representation of China.

The article offers information on the key equity and debt capital market bankers of 2000. These market bankers include Stephen Li, Chris Nicholas and Darcy Lai. It also presents their career changes from the past to the present. Additionally, these debt capital market bankers acquired excellence in their field.

The article discusses how European borrowers are considering investments in the China's domestic bond market, which ranks as the third largest in the world. The market is rapidly growing partly due to renminbi's growing internationalisation and its increasing use in global trade payments. Manny Chohhan, Haitong's head of capital markets, says the Chinese market has become a regular for borrowers as it gives them options to build out a yield curve.

Discusses the economic recovery of the debt market of several countries in Asia. Philippines; Korea; Hongkong; China; Malaysia.

Reports on the efforts of the Singaporean government to develop the laisser-faire culture necessary for international capital markets to thrive. Government deregulation; Government bond market; Statutory boards; Corporate bond market; Market infrastructure; Bond investors; Regional ambitions.

Focuses on the Hong Kong dollar bond market. Percent increase in the issuance of Hong Kong dollar debt instruments from the first quarter of 1997 to 1998; Financial implication of the figures provided by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA); Information on the speech of HKMA chief executive Joseph Yam examining Hong Kong's role in financing Asia's development. INSET: HKMA plays driving role in market's development.

Reports on how the currency turmoil in Southeast Asia has created highly volatile conditions for new equity issuance across the Asian region. Currency turmoil unleashed by Thailand's decision to float the baht; Primary market activity in turmoil; Fall of the stockmarkets in Hong Kong and Taiwan. INSETS: Increasing complexity marks Taiwan equity linked supply.;Dollar earnings help Indonesian issuers overcome concerns..

In this article, the author focuses on the impact of the rising wages on the export machine and global inflation in China. It mentions that more than 150 million migrant workers of China are returning to their hometowns and cities after leaving the original Special Economic Zones (SEZs) due to the developing economy of China. It also informs the widespread labour shortages in the SEZs due to the reversals of migrant workers. INSET: HUKOU SYSTEM.

Explores the challenges and opportunities being offered by Asian capital markets for euro-denominated debts. Region's slowest access to single currency debt market; Diversification from traditional Yankee and Asian floating rate note bases; Indications that Asian borrowers were starting to penetrate into Europe; Asia's largest institutional investors.

Reports on the escalation of the currency crisis affecting Asian financial markets. Flotation of the Thailand baht; Efforts of international banks to prevent South Korea's international debt burden from sparking a global financial catastrophe; Proposal of an Indonesian debt moratorium; Possibility of currency devaluation in China; Involvement of International Monetary Fund in the search for solutions.

An interview with the co-founder of Tiburon Partners Mark Martyrossian is presented. When asked about the commodities stocks that interests the company he refers to the commodities like platinum and rare earth. Information on the reason for the investing in Asia while setting up the headquarters of the company in Great Britain by the co-founder is also presented.

The article highlights the success generated by the automobile industry in China. It notes that the country aims to go international in 2009 through the effort of local companies to purchase extremely complex foreign technology at a fraction of the price it would take to develop themselves. it cites the Beijing Automotive Industry Corp.'s 200 million dollars purchase of Saab assets from General Motors.

An interview with Robert Pakpahan, Indonesia's director general of budget financing and risk management, is presented. Topics discussed include Rp330.90 trillion net borrowing requirement in 2016, currencies to target like dollars, euros and yen, and 3.5 billion dollars raised from a split 10-year and 30-year dollar-denominated bond. He also mentions that they do not plan liability management for their international bond.

The article examines the mixed views on debt capital markets (DCM) amid concerns in economic slowdown in China as of March 2016. It states that bond issuance will pause despite strong demand. It is suggested that the reduced requirements from the oil and gas sectors and better performance in the real estate sector will the drive the trend.

The article reports on the political changes that happened in Sri Lanka and 2015 and how the changes are expected to impact the nation's economy in 2016. Topics discussed include Maithripala Sirisena voted as president of the country, Sri Lanka's shift from an executive presidency to a parliamentary democracy and the plan of the government to transform the country into a logistics hub. Also discussed is the status of the country's government debts.

The article reports on the efforts to Sri Lanka to establish a sustainable tourism industry. Topics discussed include the tourist attractions in the country, the infrastructure problems faced by the country which prevent it from developing its tourism industry and the biggest foreign investors in Sri Lanka, including the hotel groups Shangri-La. Also mentioned is the number of tourists who visited Sri Lanka in 2015.

An interview with Sri Lanka's central bank governor, Nivard Cabraal is presented. When asked about the change in economic sentiment of the country after the military conflict ended in May 2009, he replies that post-war interest rates have come right down and inflation is almost zero. He talks about most favorable investment opportunities for people. He further discusses his current interest rate policy.

The article discusses the impact of military conflict on the economic prospects of Sri Lanka. It mentions that Sri Lankan government feels that the end of military conflict on May 18, 2009 will help it to regain and maintain its economic stability. It also informs that as of October 12, 2009 the Sri Lankan "All Share Price Index" has increased by 110 per cent. The government has also increased military spending by a further 20 per cent to tight up security in conflict zones.

An interview with Sri Lanka's central bank governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal is presented. When asked about improvements in the country's economy since the end of the civil war, he cites the benign macro-economic fundamentals and huge infrastructure drive. Cabraal believes that bringing down the budget deficit is good enough by itself. He also discusses the 5.2 percent deficit target in 2015 and the country's high level of debt-to gross domestic product (GDP).

Reports on the proliferation of international investment bankers in the Korean debt market in search for bond issuers. Anticipation of the country to investment grade status; Concerns over the limited capacity of the country to accommodate capital debt borrowing; Implementation of a policy which limits access to international capital debt market.

Reports on the supranational borrowers' roles in promoting Asia's domestic bond markets to international and domestic investors. Development of two Euro-currency sectors in Asia; Launch of Euro-peso transactions by the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC); Complication of the Euro-won deal pricing; Utilization of three-year corporate bank-guaranteed bonds as benchmarks.

The article focuses on response of Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission against fraud allegations over Chinese companies. Topics discussed include fraud hearings against former executives of Toronto-listed Sino-Forest launched by Canada of misrepresenting its financials on September 2, 2014, Anonymous Analytics's allegations of overstating revenues against Tianhe Chemicals and sausage maker Shenguan Holdings and allegations described as false by Tianhe.