What Is Meant by Asset-based Finance? What Are some of the differences between Asset-based finance and Cash Flow-based Loans/FinanceWhat Is Meant by Asset-based Finance? What Are some of the differences between Asset-based finance and Cash Flow-based Loans/Finance

Both asset based finance and cash flow finance are important sources of funding for a business for its short term(working capital) and long term(capital assets) sustainability.

Asset-based finance is a source of funding that is secured by a company’s assets.

This article looks at what is asset based finance and see the difference between the [...]

First Foreign Sukuk Listed On Bursa Saham Malaysia

In line with Malaysia’s aspiration to internationalize Bursa Malaysia as the Islamic investment centre,recently there is this foreign listing of US$500 million (RM1.7 billion) sukuk issued by GE Capital.

Details:

The five-year Islamic bond is structured based on the globally accepted Syariah principle of Sukuk Al Ijara. First foreign sukuk listing on Bursa Malaysia [...]

Bank Negara’s Decision on Overnight Policy Rate To Remain At 2 Per cent

Further to earlier article on the OPR’s outlook/forecast by the economists from various banks,at the Monetary Policy Committee meeting held on 26 August 2009,Bank Negara Malaysia decided to leave the Overnight Policy Rate unchanged at 2.00 percent.

Full Text(Source:Reuters):

Since the MPC in July,more signs have emerged to suggest that global economic [...]

Outlook On Overnight Policy Rate(OPR) Unlikely To Change

Bank Negara’s monetary policy committee holds its sixth meeting of the year today(25 August 2009). There are another two more Meetings until the end of the year.

The following 21 economists surveyed in a Business Times poll:

Action Economics,Affin Investment Bank,AmResearch,Bank Islam,CIMB Investment Bank,Citi,Credit Suisse,DBS Bank,HSBC Bank,Inter-Pacific [...]