Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM)

(Oct 11): Malaysia’s central bank has a response to those saying it needs to do more to spur home loans: houses simply aren’t affordable.

SINGAPORE (Sept 26): Maybank Kim Eng is maintaining its “hold” recommendation on OCBC Bank with an unchanged price target of $11.05 pending further details of reduced stakes in the Malaysian business of its 87.9%-owned insurance arm, Great Eastern Hol

SINGAPORE (Sept 8): Former finance minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim denied that he failed to inform the Cabinet of the entire foreign exchange (forex) trading losses incurred by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) in the 1990s.

SINGAPORE (Sept 7): Over the hearing which took place at the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) yesterday, Malaysia’s former second finance minister Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop, who served as adviser to Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) from 1998 to 2000, admitt

SINGAPORE (Aug 22): After hearing witnesses’ testimonies on the very first day of hearing, the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) has concluded that Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) lost about RM31.5 billion in foreign exchange (forex) trading losses in the 19

(Aug 14): Policy makers in Indonesia and Malaysia have been so successful in quashing currency volatility that this is breeding a new danger: complacency.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 10): Malaysia's central bank said on Wednesday the introduction of ringgit futures on the Singapore Stock Exchange and the Intercontinental Exchange, and their offshore trading is inconsistent with Malaysia's policies.

(July 20): Overseas insurers including Prudential Plc are pursuing plans to sell stakes in their Malaysian units, in deals that could raise at least a combined US$2 billion ($2.74 billion) and help them comply with foreign ownership limits, people with kn

KUALA LUMPUR (June 1): RHB Bank and AMMB Holdings have confirmed that they are exploring a merger and that they have obtained approval from Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to commence discussions.   With BNM’s approval, the two lenders said they have inke

SINGAPORE (March 24): The government is moving ahead to investigate whether there were any wrong doings in the massive foreign exchange losses suffered by Bank Negara some 25 years ago. Many people today may not have a good recollection of what happened,