Malaysian Central Bank confirms ‘no objection’ to merger extension for MBSB, Bank Muamalat Malaysia

In a statement to Bursa Malaysia on 18 January, Malaysia Building Society Berhad reported that, ‘on behalf of the Board of Directors of MBSB, AmInvestment Bank Berhad wishes to announce that Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has vide its letter dated 15 January 2016 (which was received today) stated that it has no objection to MBSB’s application for the extension of time until 2 February 2016 to conclude the negotiations with DRB and Khazanah’ [shareholders in Bank Muamalat Malaysia] for the proposed merger and to submit the formal application to BNM.