News about Bank Negara

SUBANG (Feb 13): More than 60% of potential 1Malaysia Housing Programme or PR1MA homebuyers had to give up their booked units due to problems with end-financing.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 19): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM)'s decision today on the overnight policy rate (OPR) is a toss-up between the country's inflation rate and the risk of capital outflows, said Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 19): As expected, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 3% today at the its first Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the year.

Malaysia Building Society Bhd (Jan 17, RM1.

Property sector Maintain neutral: The House Price Index (HPI) grew by 5.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 29): Property developers are expected to register another year of slow performance in 2017 amid a lack of catalysts for the segment, as cooling measures introduced by the central bank to rein in speculation continue to be the main hurdle for property companies.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 21): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has no objection in principle to Malaysia Building Society Bhd's (MBSB) commencing talks with Asian Finance Bank (AFB) on a potential merger and acquisition (M&A) deal.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Building Society Bhd (MBSB) president and chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Ahmad Zaini Othman (pictured) kept mum about questions yesterday about the potential merger and acquisition (M&A) of MBSB with Asian Finance Bank (AFB), saying only it is now a shareholder matter.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 18): Standard Chartered Bank’s global research unit said it now expects Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to cut the overnight policy rate (OPR) only in the later part of the first quarter of 2017 (1Q17).

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 29): Mah Sing Group Bhd is planning for two launches in the Klang Valley by this year end, said its newly-appointed chief executive officer and executive director Ho Hon Sang.