M’sia’s biggest bond house sees end to post-election doldrums

Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz, chief executive officer of CIMB Group Holdings Bhd., listens during a Bloomberg Television interview at the New Dawn Investors Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018. Tengku Zafrul said he is seeing a pickup in Malaysias bond pipeline. Photographer: Samsul Said/Bloomberg

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian capital markets are finally shaking off the lull that followed Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s surprise election win five months ago, according to the nation’s biggest bond underwriter.

“We’re seeing a better pipeline going forward,” CIMB Group Holdings Bhd chief executive officer Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Aziz (pic) said in a Bloomberg Television interview in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.