MALAYSIA

Chasing global capital: South-east Asia markets turn to ‘value up’ reforms

Malaysia ranks 23rd globally on the Milken Institute’s global opportunity index.

South-east Asian markets account for 8.8% of global capital inflows from 2021 to 2024: report

Drawn by cheap valuations and the need to diversify portfolios, foreign funds have poured US$337 million into South-east Asia’s emerging markets in December.

Return of global funds puts South-east Asia in spotlight for 2026

A string of unfinished trade deals could give Trump a pretext to roll back tariffs if the economic pain becomes too much to bear.
MARK TO MARKET

Trump’s trade deals may support the S&P 500, offering nervous investors an opportunity to sell

Net flows into foreigners’ portfolios could hit US$259 billion, from US$161 billion in 2023, as China, a massive source of outflows over the last two years, modestly recovers.

Capital flows to emerging markets to net US$903 billion in 2024, IIF says

At the inaugural Africa Climate Summit, Kenyan President William Ruto proposed granting African countries a ten-year “grace period” on interest payments.

The great sovereign debt conundrum

Japan, which co-chairs with Indonesia this year’s meeting of Asean+3 nations, hopes to discuss the idea of strengthening currency swap lines known as Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralisation (CMIM).

Asian nations to debate Japan’s bid to beef up market safeguards

Janus Henderson Investors says that while lending conditions have tightened for the past nine months, the banking turmoil in March accelerated the trend, bringing forward a likely recession.

Corporate access to capital worsens after bank turmoil: Janus Henderson

Excluding China, the region experienced net inflows of nearly US$600 million. However, this sum was still lower than the US$1.3 billion of net inflows in the previous quarter, said Morningstar.

ESG funds in Asia ex-Japan record US$660m in outflows in Q3, says Morningstar

Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam speaking at a panel on transition finance on Tuesday (Oct 4), with Egypt's Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat.

Global capital markets overprice risks and overreact to shocks: Tharman