Opening Address by Ms Jacqueline Loh, Deputy Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore, at the Global Borrowers & Investors Forum - Asia on 21 September 2017.

In 2016, Asia’s debt issuance at USD 1.3 trillion made up about one-fifth of global debt issuance, but at 20% y-o-y, grew twice as quickly. A focused Asian edition will help to make the Forum more accessible to issuers, investors and intermediaries based in Asia. Today’s programme is very topical, covering the deepening of Asia’s bond markets, financing Asia’s infrastructure and the rise of Asia’s green bond market, and features distinguished speakers like Governor Agus of Bank Indonesia and Sir Robert Stheeman, Chief Executive of the UK Debt Management Office. I will touch on these themes briefly.[…]