Malaysia
Offshore renminbi structured notes for Singapore
Offshore renminbi structured notes for Singapore
Sharia-compliant products go from strength to strength
Shock absorbers
Transition Management Forum Asia 2011: Asian market crowded, say transition managers
Transition managers question whether the number of them in the Asian market - 13 - is already too many.
New frontiers for Islamic finance
New Islamic frontiers
OCBC Malaysia’s risk chief lauds obligor risk system
Obligated to risk
Islamic finance deal of the year – Government of Malaysia
Islamic finance deal of the year – Government of Malaysia
Malaysian Airlines cuts hedging programme
Malaysian Airlines (MAS) reduced its jet fuel hedging capacity amid uncertain price movements
Central banks move to bolster liquidity in Islamic paper
Eleven central banks and monetary authorities are teaming up with Islamic multilateral organisations in an effort to bolster supply of highly rated, short-term Islamic paper through an entity called the International Islamic Liquidity Management Corp…
Malaysia’s 'Islamic Mifid' dream faces reality check
Malaysia is driving efforts to standardise Islamic finance to enable the creation of cross-border markets for sharia-compliant products. But regulators and market participants in Islamic states say no agreement is likely in the near future.
Thai Islamic Bank head: Thai government may issue sukuk in 2011 after law change
Approval of new tax structures to facilitate sovereign Islamic bonds based on real estate holdings expected soon
Islamic liquidity facility set to open in first half of 2011
Bank Negara Malaysia governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz says she hopes International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation will open for business by June
Asia Risk awards 2010: House of the Year, Malaysia
Asia Risk awards 2010: House of the Year, Malaysia
House of the Year, Asia
Structured Products Asia Awards 2010
Best in Malaysia
CIMB Group
Asia Risk 15: Mastering mismatches by using ALM risk tools
The development of domestic bond markets and longer-dated hedging instruments in Asia during the past 15 years has helped insurers to manage their duration mismatches. But there is still a long way to go. By William Rhode*
Asia Risk 15: Lee Kwok Kwan, CIMB
CIMB Group has navigated through the current financial crisis with minimal difficulty. Indeed, the Malaysian bank’s deputy chief executive, Lee Kok Kwan, believes strict capital and liquidity standards have given CIMB a distinct competitive advantage…
Malaysian investors hunt for hybrids
Hybrid structures are increasingly popular in Malaysia as investors look to keep the cost of hedging down and moving away from capital protected products
West failed to learn lessons from Asian Financial Crisis
‘Hard fought’ battles expected ahead over scale and scope of new financial regulation
Bucking the trend
Ranjit Ajit Singh, managing director of the Securities Commission of Malaysia and Iosco chairman, is a rarity among financial supervisors: he favours market deregulation and the use of more risk management tools such as derivatives. Harry Thompson reports
Best in Malaysia - CIMB
CIMB has won the Structured Products Malaysia house of the year award for three years in a row, and, despite stiff competition from some big international players this year, it beat all comers with a set of innovative products that were hugely popular.
