Still positive but pace slows in 2018 for Asian local currency bonds

Esther Koon, senior fixed income portfolio manager at State Street Global Advisors, shares her insights on the year ahead for the Asian local currency bond market with AsianInvestor. Q. How confident are you that Asian local currency bonds will continue to perform well heading into the second half of 2018? Asian local currency bonds, as measured by the Markit iBoxx ABF Pan-Asia Index which invests in the government bonds of eight major Asian economies, achieved a total return of…