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While Malaysia has been taking active steps to liberalise foreign direct investment (FDI) restrictions in recent years, restrictions in a number of business sectors remain. For example, the banking, telecommunications, construction, engineering, health, education, and energy sectors, among others, are still subject to varying degrees of FDI restrictions. Read more
Bank Negara Malaysia has recently announced this month that it will soon be finalising a Climate Change and Principle-based Taxonomy which aims to provide a common language to categorise economic activities based on their impact on climate change and facilitate financial flows to activities that support the transition to a lower carbon economy. Read more
Myanmar has been continuing its push to attract foreign investment. Rapid developments in the legal environment has taken place to facilitate such investments, including the passing of the Myanmar Investment Laws, and the revamped Myanmar Companies Law, all in the last five years. Read more
On 25 August 2020, the Temporary Measures for Reducing the Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Bill 2020 (Bill) was passed by the Dewan Rakyat. The Bill seeks to provide temporary measures to mitigate the financial and social impact of Covid-19. Read more
While Malaysia’s economic growth is anticipated to remain moderately slow for the remainder of 2020, the mix of tax incentives provided by the Malaysian government, modest valuations of targets, low cost of funds and the lower Ringgit will provide value for companies looking to make investments into the Malaysian market. Read more
The condition of the global economy is beginning to have repercussions on bank financing arrangements, including the Islamic financing sector. This article takes a brief look at enforcement, refinancing and restructuring issues under Islamic finance. Read more
The UK has officially left the European Union on 31 January 2020 as part of the Brexit process. While the recent UK election may have allayed short-term concerns, Malaysian businesses with operations in the UK and EU will be watching developments closely to see if any longer-term clarity can be established. Read more
Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) issued an exposure draft on the Licensing Framework for Digital Banks. BNM’s move to promote the development of digital banks is in line with the direction taken by regulators in Singapore and Hong Kong, which have each issued similar licensing frameworks in the past two years. Read more
