Bond issuers should look at retail market too

GIVEN that individual investors have little opportunity to take advantage of the bond market, there should be more issuances of bond funds to get retail investors to participate.

“They used to be popular for one to two years but the interest died since the stock market was more exciting with its high-risk and high-returns profile,” RAM Rating Services Bhd deputy chief executive officer Chong Kwee Siong told StarBiz in Kuala Lumpur recently.