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Posted Date: May 07, 2021 Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC) will host the MARC MALAYSIAN BOND & SUKUK VIRTUAL CONFERENCE 2021 (MMBS 2021) which will be held over three half days from May 19 to May 21, 2021. This virtual conference will be officiated by Datuk Syed Zaid Albar, Executive Chairman of the Securities Commission […]

Posted Date: May 06, 2021 The Malaysian economy remains weak. We expect 1Q2021 GDP growth to remain in negative territory for the fourth consecutive quarter, albeit at a more moderate pace of -1.6% y-o-y (4Q2020: -3.4%) mainly due to the low base effect. The decline will mark the longest consecutive quarters of negative growth in

Posted Date: May 5, 2021 Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC) announced today the appointment of a new chairman and three board members to its Board of Directors. MARC also announced the retirement of its previous chairman, Datuk Azizan Haji Abd Rahman, who served from December 2012 to April 2021. Two directors, Dato’ Muthanna Abdullah and

Posted Date: April 26, 2021 In Part One of this article, we unpacked Malaysia’s overall achievements and opined that the government is likely to soon revise Shared Prosperity Vision 2030 (SPV2030)’s targets. Part Two of this article will discuss three key ideas; firstly, how past economic crises have shaped the Malaysian economy and its impact

Posted Date: April 21, 2021 Major global bond markets ended mixed in March. Government bonds in the US and the UK saw their yields rising throughout the month amid continued progress in vaccine rollouts and fresh fiscal stimulus. Both the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England left their key policy rates and pace

Posted Date: March 18, 2021 The global bond rout deepened in February as the reflation trade continued to be a dominant theme. From the US to Germany and the UK, government bond yields ended the month with their biggest monthly surge in years. The sell-off first started in the US amid positive progress on Biden’s

Posted Date: March 17, 2021 MARC’s 16th Annual Corporate Default and Rating Transitions Study tracks the history of corporate ratings assigned by the rating agency since its inception in 1996 through to December 31, 2020. Despite the slump in economic growth due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MARC’s portfolio of corporate bond issuers remained steady in

Posted Date: March 05, 2021 Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC) is pleased to announce that it has been named as Rating Agency of the Year (Malaysia) for the year 2020. This win marks the third year running that MARC has been honoured with this accolade, which is awarded by Hong Kong-based The Asset magazine. The

Posted Date: February 22, 2021 Malaysian Government Securities (MGS) began the year with heightened volatility. Yields initially swung upwards during the first week of trading. This upward momentum was then tempered by increased uneasiness surrounding domestic political developments. Surging COVID-19 cases that breached the 2,000 level also stoked fears of another round of the Movement