Investors pouring billions into emerging Asia’s lowest-yielding bonds

HONG KONG: Emerging-Asia investors are betting lower-yielding bonds are set to outperform – and with good reason.

A Bloomberg study of two of the region’s lowest-yielding markets – South Korea and Thailand – and two of the highest – Indonesia and India – reveal the former lured in vastly more funds last quarter, and they also offered wider spreads over US Treasuries compared with their historical averages.