Foreign investors poured $3.9bn into Malaysian government and corporate bonds in
August, the largest monthly inflow Bank Negara Malaysia has recorded since 2016.
Optimism about AI-led investment — Malaysia has become a Southeast Asian
data‑centre hub attracting multibillion-dollar commitments from ORACLE and
Amazon — helped underpin flows and the ringgit, which gained more than 1% in
August to rank among Asia's best-performing currencies. RBC Asia macro
strategist Abbas Keshvani said global funds see Malaysia as an AI winner with
strong export growth and FDI, and the trend could continue if similar foreign
investment flows persist.
