Bonds
US Election Nerves Are Fueling Bets on Asian Sovereign Bonds
- India, Indonesia, South Korea among top picks as vote nears
- EM bonds have ‘tailwind’ amid Fed cuts, China stimulus: UBS AM
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Investors are turning to Asian sovereign bonds to ride out the US election, giving a boost to markets that have already benefited from billions of dollars of foreign inflows this year.
Asset managers such as Allianz Global Investors, Franklin Templeton and Gama Asset Management are bullish on government debt in Asia ex-China. Expectations of rate cuts have buoyed demand, and they say these bonds will be safe havens in the event of market jitters around the election.