Investors can enjoy higher yields and lower default rates with Asia sub-investment grade bonds.

Investors can enjoy higher yields and lower default rates with Asia sub-investment grade bonds.
FSA looks at the best performing high yield fixed income funds available for distribution in Hong Kong and Singapore.
Morningstar data shows that 15 funds available for distribution in Hong Kong and Singapore were exposed to China’s troubled property sector at the start of the year.
The French asset manager expects to see home prices continue to decline in China.
Chinese assets are susceptible to a sharp rebound on the back of any positive news flow, according to the bank’s investment strategist.
There is a silver lining to the country’s property market slump, says BNP Paribas’s chief China economist Jacqueline Rong.
Crypto, semiconductor and technology funds were the top performers last year.
Global investors are increasingly focusing on macroeconomic factors over corporate fundamentals in China, according to GAM.
Japan is an exception, where funds say it is the only Apac market where deals can be underwritten on a conventional basis.
Investment firms are encouraged by China’s latest Q3 GDP figures, which came in at 1.3% quarter over quarter versus 0.5% in Q2.
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