Malaysia

Malaysia Announces Relief for Low Income Borrowers

By Editors | 15/10/2021

Lower income borrowers can access interest exemptions for three months, smaller loan instalments for up to 24 months, and lower interest rates.

Fintech / Regtech

Malaysia SC Orders Decentralised Exchanges to Halt Operations

By Mark Johnston | 10/10/2021

Entities interested in operating a decentralised exchange in Malaysia should apply to be registered as an RMO, the SC said.

Securities / Derivatives

Bursa Allows Investors to Accept General Offers Electronically

By Editors | 07/10/2021

Previously, investors were required to physically submit a transfer form to their brokers and an offer document for acceptance to the share registrar.

Securities / Derivatives

Malaysia Launches New Crude Palm Oil Futures Contract

By Editors | 06/10/2021

The new contract is expected to attract commodity traders in China’s palm olein market to trade on the DCE and Bursa conurrently.

Market Infrastructure

BNM Launches New Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform

By Manesh Samtani | 03/10/2021

FinTIP leverages machine algorithms and human experts to correlate, normalise, enrich, and sanitise contributed data to produce “real-time actionable intelligence”.

Market Infrastructure

BNM Announces Launch of New Reference Rate MYOR

By Editors | 28/09/2021

The MYOR will run in parallel to the existing KLIBOR, although publication of the lesser referenced two- and 12-month KLIBOR tenors will be discontinued.

Market Infrastructure

Singapore, Malaysia to Link PayNow, DuitNow in Q4 2022

By Pongnut Thanaboonchai | 27/09/2021

Customers of participating financial institutions will be able to make real-time cross-border transfers using a mobile number.

Securities / Derivatives

ASEAN Exchanges to Identify Common ESG Metrics

By Pongnut Thanaboonchai | 26/09/2021

Seven ASEAN exchanges have formed a new ESG working group to start work towards a ‘common sustainability programme’.

ESG / Sustainability

Bursa Malaysia Pledges to Become Carbon Neutral by 2022

By Editors | 23/09/2021

Eight initiatives have been identified to support Bursa Malaysia’s ambitions to become carbon neutral and achieve net zero emissions.