The introduction this month of the revised “Islamic securities guidelines in conjunction with revised trust deeds guidelines has the aim of enhancing the Malaysian regulatory framework for fundraising and product regulation in the private debt securities and sukuk markets; to enhance the efficiency and competitiveness of the Malaysian sukuk market; and to promote greater connectivity between the Middle East and Asian Islamic capital market sectors.
The revised guidelines are effectively a continuum of a series of legal and regulatory developments in this space in Malaysia over the last year or more.