The regulator will also review the secondary market to enable retail access to existing bonds traded in the wholesale market. Malaysia's 1.3-trillion-ringgit ($306.7-billion) bond and sukuk market is the third largest in Asia, relative to GDP. It is the largest sukuk market in the world. "The local corporate bond market is well established and quite mature, but will further benefit from increased diversity in terms of issuers, bond structures and credit spectrums. But he said the market could be robust if both retail and institutional bond sizes are reduced to improve liquidity.

Source: Bangkok Post November 06, 2017 12:00 UTC