indicate that the size of the banking sector in the foreign country, foreign trade with Malaysia, and country risk are positively correlated with foreign banks' presence in Malaysia. Geographic distance and foreign direct investment in Malaysia are not related to foreign banks' presence in Malaysia....
Foreign investment, especially FDI in manufacturing, has been an important part of industrialisation in Thailand since 1959. FDI has also been central in Thailand’s overall strategy to push its industrial structure from labour-intensive to capital-intensive, then assembly-intensive (1981–2018) and ...
The Impact of External Shocks on Stock Prices in the East Asian Domestic Banking Sector This chapter examines the impact of price fluctuations in foreign stock markets on the stock prices of domestic banks in Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. Some studies have argued that the 2007鈥 2009...
South Korea Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 2.6 USD bn in Jun 2023, compared with an increase of 1.1 USD bn in the previous month.
YANGON, July 5 (Xinhua) -- The Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM) on Monday awarded a final service license to the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) for it to formally operate in the country after being found to meet the requirement laid down by the...
Penang has earned its place as a thriving business hub, especially in the manufacturing and logistics sectors. Located in the middle of the Northern region of Malaysia, its strategic location, growing infrastructure...
Balance out higher-risk asset classes in portfolio How can I invest in bonds through Standard Chartered? While our Investment Services have a variety of bond funds, we have gone even further and now offer you the opportunity to access different types of bonds in the market. ...
In the case of an equity transfer, based on our previous experience, some banks will require the equity shares to be fullypaidby the original shareholder (that is, the capital contribution amount subscribed by the shareholder should be fully paid) before the bank can open the Asset Realization...
‘You get less foreign investment, less coming in. So overall it is a negative.’ The most FDI approvals, in both the last quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of 2020, were given to Chinese investors, followed by Australia, Malaysia and the Philippines. Singapore, China and Japan ha...
In late 2004 and early 2005, policy measures had to be taken to rein in investment. Government consolidated its own spending with the intention of paring deficit. Other policy measures taken to slow down investment included changing banks' reserve ratio to slow bank credit expansion, intensifying ...