KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will remove restrictions on unrated securities from Monday as it seeks to deepen the ringgit debt market even after investors in neighbouring Singapore got burned.
South-East Asia’s third-biggest economy is proceeding with the move because it recognises that sophisticated investors such as pension funds and insurance companies are able to protect their own interests, the Securities Commission said in response to questions from Bloomberg.
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