The Trouble With Malaysia's Banks

July 2004 | Key Sectors Analysis

After seven years of reforms, mergers and cost cutting, Malaysia banks have made a good job of putting their financial houses in order following the Asian financial crisis at the end of the 1990s. Indeed, the 10 large banking groups that dominate Malaysia are likely to remain among the most developed and financially secure in the region ahead of the nation's final phase of banking liberalisation in 2007. The industry will continue to boast a strong supervisory environment, high standards of accounting and auditing services, and a level of prudential regulation that is superior to that prevailing in much of

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