Malaysia rate-swap move addresses FTSE Investor concern: Maybank

Bank Negara's move allows onshore banks to gain access to the non-deliverable interest rate swap market, which would boost liquidity and diversity.

KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia’s move to liberalise the interest-rate swap market will help lower hedging costs and reflects efforts to address concerns raised by investors in FTSE Russell’s review, according to Maybank Kim Eng Securities.

Move allows onshore banks to gain access to the non-deliverable interest rate swap market, which would boost liquidity and diversity, analysts led by Winson Phoon wrote in a note.