Amid bitterly cold conditions and heavy snowfall, the players deserved credit for the general quality of the first half - but the same could not be said about much of the second.

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"Structurally this could become a technical tailwind for Asian credit, " and high-quality bonds are likely to be the first beneficiary, he said in a recent report.

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"If you give a customer a good quality product, you can charge a premium price, " says Janice Meyer, an analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston.

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