If repayment is at risk, the bondholders negotiate with the issuer to restructure, typically involving one of three things: stretching maturities, reworking the cashflow, or adjusting the profit rate.

In taking up his stake in SAM, the Malaysian king has effectively exposed himself to the rare-earth business. He also, ...

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I have lost track over how many times I had the same tech tycoon’s name as the headline in a matter of weeks. But “editorial wisdom” necessitates that a “celebrity” should be played up for maximum ...

I was thinking about what to write today. Usually, being the dan lain-lain1 that I am, the knee-jerk reflex is some pretentious musing on what it means to be Malaysian or that displaced, awkward, ...

I was thinking about putting a different headline since we’re quite touchy about certain words. But, you know what? Nothing is more apt that describing national oil company Petronas a piggybank. This ...