Broadening the Investor Base for Local Currency Bonds in ASEAN+2 Countries
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 85
ISBN-13: 9789292540654
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Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 85
ISBN-13: 9789292540654
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Published: 2013-05-01
Total Pages: 135
ISBN-13: 9292540661
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been working closely with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the People's Republic of China (PRC), Japan, and the Republic of Korea---collectively known as ASEAN+3---to promote the development of local currency bond markets in the region through the Asian Bond Markets Initiative (ABMI). ABMI was launched in 2002 to help channel regional savings toward long-term investments within the region. ABMI was established with the goal of improving the resilience of the region's financial systems by helping reduce the double mismatches (maturity and currency) of companies' investment financing. Since the launch of ABMI, local currency bond markets in the region have grown rapidly in recent decades in terms of size and diversity of issuers. This study was undertaken under ABMI and funded by the Government of Japan. It focuses on measures to expand the investor base for local currency bonds in ASEAN, the PRC, and the Republic of Korea, with the goal of generating greater variety in investment objectives and a wider range of investment strategies.
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Published: 2015-07-01
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9292570153
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) is working closely with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the People's Republic of China (PRC), Japan, and the Republic of Korea---collectively known as ASEAN+3---to develop local currency bond markets and facilitate regional bond market integration under the Asian Bond Markets Initiative (ABMI). ABMI was launched in 2002 to strengthen the resilience of the region's financial system by developing local currency bond markets as an alternative source to foreign currency-denominated, short-term bank loans for long-term investment financing. The need for infrastructure investment among ASEAN+3 members is well documented, with estimates for needed investment through 2020 reaching as high as $550 billion. Local currency financing of infrastructure projects has the important advantage of avoiding the currency risk that can arise when a project generating revenues in the domestic currency has foreign currency-denominated debt service requirements. This study was undertaken under ABMI and funded by the Government of the PRC. It addresses two key questions: (i) Why is local currency bond financing not more widely used for infrastructure projects in ASEAN+3? and (ii) What can be done to promote infrastructure bond financing?
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Published: 2018-04-01
Total Pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9292611135
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Asian Development Bank and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People's Republic of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (ASEAN+3) are looking to explore options to promote green local currency-denominated bonds to meet the region's infrastructure development needs. Green bonds---supported within the ASEAN+3 framework---would help meet the long-term financing of the region especially in its transition to a low-carbon region. This publication highlights an assessment study of green bond markets in ASEAN+3, identifies the barriers to green bond market development, and proposes recommendations to scale up green bond markets for infrastructure development in ASEAN+3.
Author: Cosmina Amariei
Publisher:
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 58
ISBN-13: 9789461385529
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"China, India and Indonesia need to develop their local currency bond markets (LCBMs) to serve as alternative sources of finance for sustainable growth. In the coming years, these three countries need to raise vast sums of funding to enable the creation of, among other things, necessary infrastructure. This report looks at the possibility to further develop the local currency bond markets in general, and ways to broaden and deepen the institutional investor base in these three emerging G-20 markets, in particular. It presents several recommendations to make the local currency bond markets more attractive to both issuers and investors, in relation to three main areas of analysis: price discovery, execution and enforcement. This report was prepared within the framework of the Emerging Market Dialogue on Finance (EMDF), which is implemented by the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ). It was carried out by CEPS, in cooperation with the Research Bureau of the People's Bank of China (PBoC), the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) in India and the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), based in Indonesia."--Page 4 of cover.
Author: Alison Harwood
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2000-01-01
Total Pages: 538
ISBN-13: 9780821348192
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince the Asia and Tequila crises of the late 1990s, a growing number of emerging market countries have focused on developing local bond markets to lock in local currency, fixed-rate and long-term funding, and help governments and corporations better manage their financing risks. International organizations from Washington to Southeast Asia are pushing bond market development, to reduce global instability by improving domestic risk management. This book is part of the International Finance Corporation's efforts to assist countries in South Asia and other parts of the world to identify their need for local bond markets, the impediments to developing them, and how those impediments might be removed. The book is based on papers presented at the South Asian Debt Market Symposium held in Sri Lanka in October 1999. It provides valuable insights to emerging market nations wrestling with the issue of building local bond markets. This book will be of interest to bond market specialists, policymakers, and the private sector.
Author: Mr.Mangal Goswami
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 2011-06-01
Total Pages: 33
ISBN-13: 1455259373
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe paper makes an assessment of the progress made in developing local debt markets in emerging Asia. Market development has been limited by hurdles confronting borrowers and lenders, current and potential liquidity providers, and insufficient support from government policies and regulations. Besides fostering a credit culture to deepen local debt markets, the issue of critical size can be addressed through an integrated regional market for local currency bonds that provides greater scale, efficiency, and access. With rapid economic growth in Asia, a key challenge is to generate financial assets that can provide the underlying collateral for expanding fixed-income markets, and hence domestic and regional investment opportunities.
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Published: 2015-08-01
Total Pages: 78
ISBN-13: 9292570579
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been working closely with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the People's Republic of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea---collectively known as ASEAN+3---to foster the development of local currency bond markets and facilitate regional bond market integration under the Asian Bond Markets Initiative (ABMI). ABMI was launched in 2002 to strengthen the resilience of the region's financial system by developing local currency bond markets as an alternative source to foreign currency denominated short-term bank loans for long-term investment. Bond investors typically have a long position in local currency bond markets. To manage their foreign exchange (FX) risk, they may want to hedge that exposure for a period of time. They also want to be sure they can easily convert the local currency to dollars upon the sale of a bond. This study was undertaken under ABMI and funded by the Government of Japan. It reviews the FX and FX hedging markets in ASEAN+3 as they relate to cross-border investments in local currency bonds, and makes recommendations to facilitate the development of the markets and FX risk management.
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Published: 2019-05-01
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9292616110
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLocal currency bond markets in ASEAN+3 play an important role in diversifying financial intermediary channels and mitigating the impacts of financial crises. They also have the potential to help mobilize developing Asia's significant savings to meet the region's enormous infrastructure investment needs. Drawing extensively on knowledge generated by the ASEAN+3 Bond Market Forum, the publication looks at the essential building blocks and the enabling environment for these markets, as well as the roles of government, relevant authorities, and market participants.
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Published: 2015-09-01
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9292570803
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe ASEAN+3 Multi-Currency Bond Issuance Framework (AMBIF) is a policy initiative of the Asian Bond Markets Initiative to create a nexus among domestic professional local currency bond markets in the region by facilitating intra-regional transactions through standardized bond and note issuance and investment processes. This report follows up on the proposal described in the Phase 2 Report of the ASEAN+3 Bond Market Forum (Sub-Forum 1), published in April 2014, to provide procedures on how to implement AMBIF in the region. AMBIF is expected to facilitate intra-regional bond and note issuance and investment by creating common market practices; utilizing a common document for submission, the Single Submission Form; and highlighting transparent issuance procedures as documented in the Implementation Guidelines for each participating market. The report also contains a set of Frequently Asked Questions to provide interested parties, including issuers in the region, with an easy reference for their potential queries and concerns on the implementation of AMBIF.