Foreign demand for EM Asia portfolio assets stayed robust in September - ANZ

Khoon Goh, Head of Asia Research at ANZ, notes that the foreign demand for EM Asia portfolio assets stayed robust in September, though the size of inflows has reduced.

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“The exception is China bonds, where record foreign inflows ahead of the 1 October SDR inclusion pushed foreign ownership of CGBs to new highs.

With bond yields in major developed markets rising and a decent chance of a US rate hike in December priced in, portfolio flows into the region could turn more volatile for the remainder of the year.”