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Worse to come in Malaysia dollar debt

Market sentiment affected by political noise around 1MDB, trade pressure, current account and fiscal position

    Published Tue, Mar 10, 2015 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    MALAYSIAN company dollar bonds are Asia's poorest performing this year and investors say that worse is to come.

    Notes from the oil-exporting nation are the only of the 16 Asian countries tracked by JPMorgan Chase & Co to decline this year, losing 1.57 per cent. Companies in the index include Petroliam Nasional Bhd, the state-owned energy company, and 1Malaysia Development Bhd, a government-backed investment firm that's been forced to dismantle amid surging debts.

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