Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) runs the Fully Automated System for Issuing/Tendering (FAST) website and the Islamic Interbank Money Market, both of which provide monthly data on the amount of bonds outstanding.

Additional issues of shari’a-compliant sukuk bonds and treasury bills have contributed to the growth in outstanding government bonds. In February 2006, BNM introduced a new Islamic monetary instrument—sukuk ijarah—with an issue size of MYR400 million. BNM issues these bonds on a regular basis, ranging from RM100 million to RM200 million. A list of outstanding and historical Malaysian debt securities by issue and maturity is available by following the Ringgit Bond Market Summary link below.

Several innovations were made in 2004, including the first credit card transactions and the first residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS). The outstanding volume of asset-backed securities increased to MYR14.6 billion in 2006 from less than MYR1 billion in 2001. In July 2005, the National Mortgage Corporation (Cagamas) launched the first RMBS worth MYR2.1 billion. It was transacted through a MYR1.9 billion portfolio of residential mortgages, to be paid down from pension schemes of retired public sector employees. Cagamas is currently working on a MYR2 billion Islamic RMBS.

BNM’s FAST website, which is linked below, provides monthly data on the amount of bonds outstanding. Data includes Bank Negara Monetary Notes, Malaysian Treasury bills, Malaysian Government Securities, Government Investment Issues, Khazanah bonds, Cagamas bonds, commercial papers, medium-term notes, asset-backed securities and medium-term notes. Historical data are also provided.

Bond trading is primarily conducted over-the-counter (OTC). The trading volumes of data includes Bank Negara Monetary Notes, Malaysian Treasury bills, Malaysian Government Securities, Government Investment Issues, Khazanah bonds, Cagamas bonds, commercial papers, medium-term notes, asset-backed securities and medium-term notes.transacted OTC are available through the Bond Info Hub Malaysia link below.

FAST provides consolidated indicative yields to maturity for conventional and Islamic government bonds, and private debt securities. Yields are classified by bond type. Bondweb.com, the first government-appointed bond pricing agency in Malaysia, provides daily trading statistics, historical trade statistics, and yield-to-maturity data for government and quasi-government bonds, Bank Negara Bills, financial company bonds, corporate bonds, and asset-backed securities.

Foreign exchange data are available through BNM’s Latest Public Rates link, which can be found below. The BNM link provides daily exchange rates of major currencies against the ringgit. End-of-period statistics are also available, along with monthly and annual historical data.