Factors Influencing Yield Spreads Of The Malaysian Bonds

Malaysian bond market is developing rapidly but not much is understood in terms of macroeconomic factors that could influence the yield spread of the Ringgit Malaysian denominated bonds. Based on a multifactor model, this paper examines the impact of four macroeconomic factors namely: Kuala Lumpu...

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Main Authors: Ahmad, Norliza, Muhammad, Joriah, Masron, Tajul Ariffin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asian Academy of Management (AAM) 2009
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/36414/1/AAMJ_14.2.6.pdf
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description Malaysian bond market is developing rapidly but not much is understood in terms of macroeconomic factors that could influence the yield spread of the Ringgit Malaysian denominated bonds. Based on a multifactor model, this paper examines the impact of four macroeconomic factors namely: Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI), Industry Production Index (IPI), Consumer Price Index (CPI) and interest rates (IR) on bond yield spread of the Malaysian Government Securities (MGS) and Corporate Bonds (CBs) for a period from January 2001 to December 2008. The findings support the expected hypotheses that CPI and IR are the major drivers that influence the changes in MGS yield spreads. However IPI and KLCI have weak and no influence on MGS yield spreads respectively Whilst IR, CPI and IPI have significant influence on the yield spreads of CB1, CB2 and CB3, KLCI has significant influence only on the CB1 yield spread but not on CB2 and CB3 yield spreads
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spelling usm.eprints-364142017-09-07T08:52:19Z http://eprints.usm.my/36414/ Factors Influencing Yield Spreads Of The Malaysian Bonds Ahmad, Norliza Muhammad, Joriah Masron, Tajul Ariffin HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management Malaysian bond market is developing rapidly but not much is understood in terms of macroeconomic factors that could influence the yield spread of the Ringgit Malaysian denominated bonds. Based on a multifactor model, this paper examines the impact of four macroeconomic factors namely: Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI), Industry Production Index (IPI), Consumer Price Index (CPI) and interest rates (IR) on bond yield spread of the Malaysian Government Securities (MGS) and Corporate Bonds (CBs) for a period from January 2001 to December 2008. The findings support the expected hypotheses that CPI and IR are the major drivers that influence the changes in MGS yield spreads. However IPI and KLCI have weak and no influence on MGS yield spreads respectively Whilst IR, CPI and IPI have significant influence on the yield spreads of CB1, CB2 and CB3, KLCI has significant influence only on the CB1 yield spread but not on CB2 and CB3 yield spreads Asian Academy of Management (AAM) 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/36414/1/AAMJ_14.2.6.pdf Ahmad, Norliza and Muhammad, Joriah and Masron, Tajul Ariffin (2009) Factors Influencing Yield Spreads Of The Malaysian Bonds. Asian Academy of Management Journal (AAMJ), 14 (2). pp. 1-20. ISSN 1394-2603 http://web.usm.my/aamj/14.2.2009/AAMJ_14.2.6.pdf
spellingShingle HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management
Ahmad, Norliza
Muhammad, Joriah
Masron, Tajul Ariffin
Factors Influencing Yield Spreads Of The Malaysian Bonds
title Factors Influencing Yield Spreads Of The Malaysian Bonds
title_full Factors Influencing Yield Spreads Of The Malaysian Bonds
title_fullStr Factors Influencing Yield Spreads Of The Malaysian Bonds
title_full_unstemmed Factors Influencing Yield Spreads Of The Malaysian Bonds
title_short Factors Influencing Yield Spreads Of The Malaysian Bonds
title_sort factors influencing yield spreads of the malaysian bonds
topic HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management
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