GLICs - push or pull for investors?

MALAYSIA’S government-linked investment companies (GLICs) are stepping up their domestic deployment, and increasingly becoming some of the most influential sources of capital across sectors, from infrastructure and energy transition to technology startups.

With deep balance sheets and long-term mandates, funds like Khazanah Nasional Bhd and the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) are deepening their influence shaping deal flow, often taking cornerstone positions in high-profile investments and crowding into spaces once dominated by private capital.