Maybank IB chief executive officer Datuk John Chong, who was also present at the event, said there was increasing interest in unrated bond issuances in Malaysia. We are anticipating more unrated bond issuances .”Chong also said the pipeline for Maybank IB bond business was robust across the board this year. Maybank Investment Bank Bhd (Maybank IB) managing director and regional head of investment banking and advisory Caroline Teoh. Earlier, Teoh said the Malay-sian bond market, currently the third-largest local currency bond market in Asia, had grown tremendously since its inception when liquidity dried up during the 1998 Asian Financial Crisis. With that we are now the third-largest local currency bond market in Asia, after Japan and South Korea.

Source: New Strait Times April 02, 2018 03:56 UTC