Beyond the dollar

Asian investors are looking closely at structured credit products in their search for yield enhancement, and credit-linked notes with a quanto into local currency are now proving popular. Mia Trinephi reports

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Credit-linked notes (CLNs) denominated in local currencies but referenced to US dollar credit default swaps are becoming more popular in Asia, as investors throughout the region seek to enhance the meagre returns they get on plain vanilla fixed-income products, without taking on foreign exchange risks. Banks have been offering US dollar-denominated credit-linked notes to Asian investors for a couple of years, and now, in an effort to capture a wider domestic investor base, issuing

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