The bulk of market analysts surveyed recently expect the People's Bank of China to boost liquidity and keep the one-year medium-term lending rate unchanged on Friday

Country Garden said the sale of its holding in mall operator Zhuhai Wanda Commercial Management to Wanda Group should bring $428 million, which will go to the rejig of its offshore debt

South Korean, Indian, Malaysian, Indonesian and Thai bonds had their biggest month since May in November, with offshore buyers spending $6.36 billion

Hong Kong court gives embattled developer a further 8 weeks to finalise a revamped debt restructuring proposal; judge says plan needs support from all classes of creditors

Local governments have raised $21 billion via special bonds this year to boost the capital of small and mid-sized banks to reduce risks of spillover from the property crisis and economic slowdown

Zhongzhi sent a note of apology to investors on Wednesday, saying it had liabilities of up to $64 billion. This has led to fears of debts spreading from the property crisis to the financial sector

Another year of consistent wage growth would force the Bank of Japan to consider ending its controversial monetary stimulus

Lawmakers in Japan area debating a move to allow listed businesses to report twice a year instead of having to file quarterly financial reports, Nikkei Asia says

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index saw its best day in four months, while the Nikkei rose 2.5% and most other Asian markets and currencies were also lifted

Notorious hacking gang Lockbit claims the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China paid a ransom to resolve the attack on the bank's unit in the United States

Security reviews are being undertaken in the US after the ICBC ransom attack, while China's top bank sent capital to its US arm to help pay BNY Mellon $9 billion for unsettled trades caused by the event

China's biggest private developer expects to give key bondholders its cashflow projections by year's end, as part of the basis for the tentative restructuring plan, sources say