Global investors should not ignore the East Asian local currency government bond market as an emerging asset class in its own right, according to Matthew Arnold, head of SPDR ETFs for State Street Global Advisors in Singapore.

Global investors should not ignore the East Asian local currency government bond market as an emerging asset class in its own right, according to Matthew Arnold, head of SPDR ETFs for State Street Global Advisors in Singapore.
Among higher-yielding investment choices, Asian local currency bonds have generated fairly consistent returns over the past years, said Kheng Siang Ng, Asia-Pacific head of fixed income at State Street Global Advisors (SSGA).
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