Malaysia

BNM to Raise Standards for Bank Sales of Insurance, Takaful Products

By Editors | 05/09/2021

New draft rules are aimed at strengthening safeguards to ensure the delivery of better outcomes for consumers of insurance/takaful products.

Securities / Derivatives

Malaysia Further Extends Restrictions on Intraday Short Selling

By Editors | 26/08/2021

Bursa Malaysia plans to introduce the “at-tick rule”, under which intraday short sale orders can only be placed at the best selling price or higher.

Securities / Derivatives

Bursa Malaysia to Introduce Night Trading in Palm Oil Futures

By Pongnut Thanaboonchai | 24/08/2021

The move is expected to increase participation from global investors, facilitate better risk management, and enhance price discovery.

BNM Amends Rules on Managing Financial Adviser Conduct

By Editors | 15/08/2021

Advisers will have to provide customers with suitable product options from at least three different providers when recommending insurance or takaful products.

Fintech / Regtech

Cambodia, Maybank Launch Cross-border Remittances Using ‘Bakong’

By Pongnut Thanaboonchai | 12/08/2021

Maybank customers in Malaysia can use the bank’s e-wallet to transfer funds to recipients in Cambodia with Bakong e-wallets.

Securities / Derivatives

Bursa Malaysia to Enhance Framework for Main Market Advisers

By Editors | 11/08/2021

The amendments will make available a wider pool of qualified corporate finance advisers to act as a Recognised Principal Adviser on the Main Market.

Market Infrastructure

BNM Standardises Reference Rate Used in Floating-rate Loans

By Editors | 11/08/2021

The ‘Standardised Base Rate’ will replace the ‘Base Rate’ as the reference rate for new retail floating-rate loans from 1 August 2022.

AML / KYC

US DOJ Repatriates Additional $452bn in 1MDB Funds to Malaysia

By Editors | 08/08/2021

The total funds belonging to 1MDB that have been returned to date amount to over $1.2bn, the DOJ said in a statement.

ESG / Sustainability

Malaysia Forms Group to Support Climate Taxonomy Adoption

By Editors | 05/08/2021

12 members of Malaysia’s Joint Committee on Climate Change have committed to early adoption of the taxonomy, ahead of the July 2022 deadline.