After a decade of robust growth, the corporate bond market seems to be cooling off. Unleashing the pent-up retail demand for bonds may be one way to go.
AN important avenue of long-term financing for companies seems to be losing steam as risk aversion takes centre stage in the country’s bond market. As such, many expect the corporate bond market, which hit a record issue of RM123bil in 2007, to reach only 60% of that value this year, which is indicative of companies deferring expansion plans as well as investors becoming deeply cautious over the type of bonds they hold amidst the climate of economic uncertainty.
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