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The Edge Market: Govt guarantees rises by 9% from Dec 2017 to June 2018

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 2): Malaysia’s outstanding government guarantees have increased by 8.5% or RM20.2 billion in six months to RM258.4 billion at end-June 2018, from RM238.2 billion at end-2017, according to the Economic Report 2018/2019.

The Edge Market: MySay: Malaysia’s development financing institutions need rebooting

This article first appeared in Forum, The Edge Malaysia Weekly, on October 15, 2018 - October 21, 2018.

Policymakers often justify the high cost of infrastructure investments with the belief that they are supply led, that is, the demand for their usage will increase once the facilities are built. The question now lies in how to finance these infrastructure investments, knowing that it will be a while before the demand or usage ramps up.

The Star: Treasury Pulse

Global Forex Market

THE US dollar continued its rally, rising 1.1% to 95.3 due to safe haven flows as trade war concerns continued to weigh on investors’ risk appetite after US President Trump announced a clampdown on Chinese investments in US technology firms.

Borneo Post Online: BPA Malaysia Weekly Bond Market Report

Looking at the Thomson Reuters BPAM All Bond Index Performance, the US Federal Reserve (Fed) left its benchmark interest rate unchanged as widely expected, acknowledging that inflation is approaching towards its two per cent target.

The Fed also emphasised on its ‘symmetric’ inflation target, suggesting its willingness to allow inflation to run above its target level before any further tightening.

Nasdaq: DanaInfra to drive ringgit bond supply

SINGAPORE, March 26 (IFR) - Malaysian investors are gearing up for another deluge of government-guaranteed paper from DanaInfra Nasional as financing for the mega Pan-Borneo Highway finally takes shape.

The funding vehicle plans to sell up to M$13bn (US$3.4bn) of Islamic and conventional bonds to support the first phase of a M$30bn network of roads stretching a total of 2,325 kilometres - the distance from Beijing to Hanoi.

Borneo Post Online: BPA Malaysia weekly bond market report 25 February 2018

The Index shed marginally by 0.018 per cent to close at 156.625 points from 156.653 points last week.

The MGS yield curve continued to steepen over the week as yields at the five-year to 25-year region inched up by one to five bps while yields at the front end of the curve only added 1bp, following the selloff of US Treasuries after the release of hawkish FOMC minutes on Wednesday.