Malaysia Bond and Sukuk: Quarterly Report 1Q2019

1Q2019 – Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) cuts OPR

BNM cuts the OPR rate by 25bps to 3% on the concern of slowing global growth. The Fed decision to pause its rate hike leads to demand in the emerging market including Malaysia with 4.52% increase in bond foreign holding over the quarter.
Malaysia Government Security (MGS) and Government Islamic Instrument (GII) yields show improvement over the quarter except for MGS 10y tenure as yield rises 70 basis point from the previous quarter.

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