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Posted Date: April 28, 2022 Effective May 1, the statutory minimum wage will be increased from RM1,200 to RM1,500. The impending hike is expected as the Minimum Wages Order goes through a review every two years. However, the quantum of the hike in percentage and value terms – at 25% and RM300 – is unprecedented. …
Posted Date: April 22, 2022 After recording net foreign inflows in the first two months of 2022, the local bond market experienced massive net foreign outflows of RM4.0 billion in March (Feb: +RM3.1 billion) amid a hawkish chorus by the US Federal Reserve (Fed) in quelling red-hot inflation. The local government bond market suffered sell-offs …
Posted Date: April 7, 2022 Our view on the outlook of the Malaysian economy is generally consistent with those presented by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) in its Economic and Monetary Review 2021. BNM anticipates a stronger recovery in 2022, with real GDP growth ranging between 5.3% – 6.3% (versus MARC Ratings’ forecast of 5.7%). While …
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Posted Date: April 1, 2022 The MARC360: Sustainable Development Financing 2022 Virtual Conference continued with Day 2 yesterday and began with a discourse on current sustainable energy innovations and global trends. The first session, titled “Sustainable Energy Innovations in the Age of Climate Change”, explored the global transition towards new energy in the efforts to …
Posted Date: March 31, 2022 The third iteration of the MARC360 conference series, titled “Sustainable Development Financing 2022” commenced yesterday morning and is being held over two half-days on March 30-31, 2022. The virtual conference was officiated by the Minister of Finance Malaysia, YB Senator Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul Bin Tengku Abdul Aziz. On …
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Posted Date: March 24, 2022 The local bond market continued to record net foreign inflow for the third consecutive month, albeit at a declining magnitude in February. The ongoing military conflict between Ukraine and Russia raised the safety demand for bonds as haven assets. Foreign investors remained as net buyers although total net foreign inflow …
Posted Date: March 24, 2022 MARC Ratings today published its 2021 Annual Corporate Default and Ratings Transition Study which tracks the history of corporate ratings assigned by the rating agency since its inception in 1996 through to December 31, 2021. This is MARC Ratings’ 17th Annual Corporate Default and Ratings Transition Study. In 2021, MARC …
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Posted Date: March 23, 2022 MARC will be hosting the third instalment of its MARC360 conference series, MARC360: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FINANCING 2022 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE over two half-days on March 30-31, 2022. Seeing as sustainable development goals (SDGs) are increasingly on the agenda for many organisations globally, this conference is timely to discuss current issues and …
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Posted Date: March 9, 2021 MARC Ratings Berhad has published its 2021 Lead Managers’ League Tables. The Lead Managers’ League Tables provide a meaningful measure of domestic bond issuances rated by MARC given that only issuances which have attained financial close are included. MARC Ratings is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC), …
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Posted Date: March 01, 2022 In the upcoming Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on March 3, 2022, we foresee that Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) will hold the overnight policy rate (OPR) unchanged at the historical low of 1.75%. We envisage BNM will express its cautious stance while maintaining its assessment of the economy and inflation …
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