Asia

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Global

North America

Latin America

Western Europe

Emerging Europe

Asia

Asia

The past 12 months have proved to be Asia’s best ever in the bond markets, with record issuance and all-time low spreads. A potent cocktail of historically low interest rates, a strong cyclical economic recovery and markets drenched in local and overseas liquidity made for quite a party. One of the favourite party games of international investors was the carry trade ? borrowing cheap dollars and investing them overseas in higher-yielding investments ? and Asia’s bond markets have been one of the favoured venues.

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