Malaysia needs to take a long, hard look at state-linked firms




Asia's Developing Future show

Summary: To be or not to be? That is the question confronting Malaysia’s state-linked companies. Should the government sell its stake in them as they are embroiled in controversy after controversy? The issue becomes starker because the country’s government-linked firms account for about half the benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite Index, and they constitute 7 out of the top-10 listed firms in 2018. Read the transcript https://bit.ly/2NiFXJM Read the blog post https://www.asiapathways-adbi.org/2018/07/monsters-in-the-house-what-to-do-about-malaysias-government-linked-companies/ About the author Jayant Menon is a lead economist at the Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department of the Asian Development Bank, Manila. Know more about ADBI’s work https://bit.ly/2y6WTgJ https://bit.ly/2Nddg0J