A BUOYANT Asian bond market, the development of which Malaysia supports, will increase foreign interest in and push growth of the countrys fledgling domestic market for debt securities, said Dr Nik Ramlah Mahmood, director of the Securities Commissions (SC) market policy and development division.
She said the lack of liquidity in the secondary market was still a major impediment in the development of the Malaysian bond market, given that almost all its participants were local players.