Bonds

Japan drives Asia offshore bonds to record, surpassing China era

US President Donald Trump earned more than US$1 billion in 2025 from digital currency interests, real estate and stock trades.

Investing in an age of lawlessness

A Bloomberg index of emerging-Asia bonds is up 0.2% since the US-Iran deal.

Emerging Asia bonds draw global funds despite Fed hike fears

The scrutiny comes at a time when Chinese companies are staring at about US$71 billion of offshore bonds due the rest of this year.

China clamps down on issuance of higher-yielding offshore debt

Concerns about rating inflation have grown as a wave of defaults in recent years exposed shortcomings in the country’s credit assessment system.

China pushes rating firms to review AAA glut in bond market

Lower offshore yuan rates relative to Singapore dollar and US dollar funding costs could enable SIA to secure cheaper long-term financing, say Maybank analysts.
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SIA’s ‘dim sum’ bond: What is it and will it impact investors?

NTT priced Asia’s largest bond deal offshore in July 2025, raising nearly US$18 billion.

Japan’s NTT targets US$10 billion offering in largest Asian corporate bond sale of 2026

SpaceX still lacks some hallmarks of a typical high-grade borrower. It is spending heavily, burning through cash and relying on future growth to make the numbers work.

‘A lot of leeway’: SpaceX’s high-grade debt comes under scrutiny as sceptics emerge

The notes will be issued under the subsidiary’s S$3 billion multicurrency medium term note programme.

GuocoLand unit prices S$110 million fixed-rate notes due 2030 at 2.5%

Proceeds will refinance a temporary bridge loan of roughly the same size, a facility that makes up the bulk of SpaceX’s US$29.1 billion of long-term debt.

SpaceX bankers kick off marketing for debut high-grade bond sale