(Nov 27): It’s been a banner year for Asia’s dollar-bond market, with an unprecedented pace of sales and dozens of debut issuers. But in Singapore, one of the region’s main financial hubs, there’s a note of gloom among its fund managers.

The tropical city is starting to get left out in the cold when it comes to marketing offshore dollar debt, in another sign of the increasing influence of China. At least 37 Chinese companies skipped roadshows in Singapore this year, out of the 136 that conducted investor meetings in Hong Kong, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That’s a shift from the norm that prevailed over the past decade.

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