Malaysian insurers look for alternatives to domestic equity

Malaysian life insurance companies are doing whatever they can to find the right risk-adjusted returns outside the domestic stock market — and fixed income, private assets, and loopholes to expand overseas exposure are among the tools to achieve this. Malaysian life insurers are limited to investing no more than 10% in overseas markets, of which 5% can be in stocks. And that limit is being pushed, the audience heard at AsianInvestor’s Malaysia Global Investment Forum in Kuala Lump…