Chinese Companies Pay A Premium to Borrow.

The article states that investors were purchasing a significant amount of Chinese corporate debt in 2015 as a result of difficulties in the Chinese stock market, Chinese currency, and slowed economic growth. According to the article, Chinese companies sold $73.8 billion worth of bonds during the year as of early August 2015. It also states that Chinese-based firms accounted for two-thirds of the investment-grade corporate debt sold in Asia in 2015 outside of Japan. The article presents comments from financial services firm UBS head of Asia credit research Edwin Chan.