It may be the initial public offering capital of Southeast Asia and the global hub for Islamic finance, but Malaysia as of yet lacks a clearly defined centre for its banking and capital markets activities, a Wall Street or a City of London equivalent. The various components of the financial industry – the major institutions, the service providers...
With more than 60% of global sukuk issuances taking place in Malaysia – and around 70% of the country’s domestic debt issuances now in the form of these Islamic bonds – these days, Kuala Lumpur can rightly claim to be the global capital of sukuk. This status looks set to continue too, with the government firmly backing market expansion, both...
THE COMPANY: Malayan Banking (Maybank) commenced operations in 1960, and was listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, now Bursa Malaysia, in February 1962. Today Maybank is the largest company by market capitalisation on the bourse. It is also Malaysia’s biggest banking institution, with total assets of...
Long a solid performer, the Malaysia property market has avoided the speculative booms and busts of some regional markets such as Singapore. This is at least partly due to the conservative policies adopted by the central bank and government which seeks to reduce high-risk lending. Major developments in the Klang Valley (KV) and Iskandar Malaysia are...
The long and storied history of Malaysia’s oil and gas sector has seen the country through its political and economic vicissitudes over the years, providing an economic crutch of export revenue in the lean times and giving rise to a national energy champion that is the country’s sole Fortune 500 Company in the boom years. But with the country’s...
One of the main provisions of the government’s 2012 budget was the establishment of the RM2bn ($645.2m) Sharia-compliant Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) Financing Scheme (SSFS). In October 2011 the government also launched the RM500m ($161.3m) Sharia-compliant Commercialisation Innovation Fund (CIF). These initiatives should have positive...
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