KUALA LUMPUR: Foreigners sold down Malaysian government and corporate bonds valued at nearly RM7bil last year, according to the Securities Commission (SC). As a result, foreign ownership of Malaysian bonds decreased by 3% to RM225.9bil, accounting for 20.4% of total bonds outstanding.
The SC noted in its 2014 annual report that this was largely due to uncertainties in developed markets monetary policy and the mixed global economic outlook.
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