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Pimco warns of credit risks as Asia bond sales at record

  Bloomberg Raja Mukherji, head of Asia credit research at Pacific Investment Management Co., has turned less bullish on the region’s dollar bond market, as record offerings raise the risks presented by weaker borrowers. “We don’t have a table-pounding buy on Asian credit today like we did last year, especially not for high-yield bonds,’’ said Mukherji. Asia dollar bond valuations ...

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India’s property developers put on notice

  Bloomberg India’s notoriously unreliable property developers have been put on notice: clean up your act, or you could end up in jail. Under the laws, developers have to use at least 70 percent of sale proceeds to complete residential projects, rather than funnel money to other jobs, and will no longer be allowed to start pre-selling apartments before all ...

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Sky-high asset valuations a worry for Hong Kong regulator

  Bloomberg Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission plans to look more closely at corporate asset valuations, according to Chief Executive Officer Ashley Alder. Assets such as coal mines or residential property are valued by independent appraisers and their conclusions are used to justify prices paid by companies. It’s time for a “fresh look” at the issue, Alder said at ...

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