Malaysia

SWIFT opens new corporate services centre in Malaysia

The centre currently employs around 40 staff.

Malaysian banks 'comfortably meeting' the set minimums for Basel III

The level of countercyclical buffer required will be the next closely watched milestone.

A fearless forecast on Maybank's net profit for FY12F-14F

Find out why Nomura raised its profit forecasts by 7-8%.

Hong Leong Bank's core equity Tier-1 ratio to increase to 9.7% by FY15

Enough to meet any countercyclical buffers imposed by Bank Negara.

Hong Leong Bank's net profit up 25% to ~USD317m in 1HFY13

It's 52% of the Street’s full-year estimate.

Malaysia to reform Islamic banking industry

Goal is to double Islamic banking’s market share to 40%.

Maybank ups Q4 profit by 16% on higher loans, fee income

Maybank reported a 16 percent rise in quarterly profit, bolstered by higher net loans, advances and fee income.

AmBank Group's pre-tax profit up in Q3

The AmBank Group experienced a surge in pre- tax profit for the third quarter ended Dec 31, 2012 to to RM504.31 million.

3 possible reasons why Malaysian banks are the laggards of the region

They have underperformed significantly vs their Asean peers.

Loan growth in Malaysia to slow to 11% in 2013F

Rate of compression is likely to ease as well.

PNB Group backs Malaysian govt push for Islamic finance

Investee companies under PNB are leading support for Malaysia's efforts at promoting Islamic finance.