Tuesday, 22 May 2007

Asian High-Yield Bond Sales Will Rise, Led by China, Indonesia, S&P Says

(Bloomberg) -- Asia's high-risk, high-yielding bonds
are attracting more investors from the U.S. and Europe as
declining premiums on investment-grade bonds encourage riskier
bets, according to Standard & Poor's.

Sales of the securities in Asia, excluding Japan, will
probably rise to $7 billion this year from around $6 billion
last year, said Anshukant Taneja, director of corporate and
infrastructure ratings at S&P in Singapore. Companies in China,
Indonesia and India will probably borrow the most in the region,
he said.


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