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Malaysia's central bank offers bigger room to hedge

Published Fri, Dec 2, 2016 · 09:50 PM

Kuala Lumpur

THE Malaysian central bank has decided to allow exporters to retain up to a quarter of their export proceeds in foreign currencies, and will provide for higher returns for ringgit-export proceeds that are kept in a special deposit facility.

This is all part of a drive by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to deepen Malaysia's financial markets, particularly liquidity in the foreign-exchange (FX) market.

It will also allow residents (including resident fund managers) to freely and actively hedge their US dollars and CNH ( offshore renminbi) exposures, capped at RM6 million per client per…

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