KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 -- Foreign investors demonstrated renewed confidence in the Malaysian bond market in March, pouring in a net RM6.1 billion in the strongest monthly inflow seen in 10 months, according to RAM Ratings.

In in its Bond Market Monthly April 2026, the firm said this surge completely reversed a RM2.5 billion outflow from February and came despite significant global market turbulence driven by geopolitical tensions and shifting US interest rate expectations.

The recovery was largely fuelled by strong demand for Malaysian Government Securities (MGS), which attracted RM5.1 billion, and conventional corporate bonds, which saw an inflow of RM2.8 billion.

This influx occurred against a backdrop of severe volatility in global ...