Politics still having impact on investor sentiment

Good marks: A view of Kuala Lumpur with the Petronas Twin Towers in the background. Franklin Templeton Investments’ global bonds chief investment officer Michael Hasenstab says Malaysia scores well too for structural reforms that include strong institutions and transparency but further reforms may be more difficult.

Analysts say this prompted IMF to cut global GDP forecast

LATE last year, when analysts pushed out their reports on the outlook for 2016, they cited politics as one of the major issues that will have an impact on the financial markets and the economy.