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Malaysian pension giants 'eyeing stakes in foreign-owned insurers'
Published Thu, Oct 5, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA'S two biggest pension funds, which manage a combined US$203 billion, plan to pursue talks to buy stakes in foreign-owned insurers in the country as the government enforces caps on overseas ownership, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Employees Provident Fund and Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan), known as KWAP, have requested central bank approval to start deal negotiations with potent…
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