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China tries to calm investors over tough market regulations

  Bloomberg China is breaking out its mouthpieces — and wallet — as it seeks to soothe investors in the face of tighter financial market regulations. The central bank-run Financial News urged stock investors not to overreact to tougher regulations in front-page commentary on Wednesday. The monetary authority will prevent swings in liquidity from exceeding tolerable levels, the official Xinhua ...

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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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