| The $4.5 billion rescue of a struggling Malaysian state fund is good news for the government in Kuala Lumpur but will load Abu Dhabi’s International Petroleum Investment Co with extra debt that may worry investors in its bonds.
Last month IPIC, an investment company owned by Abu Dhabi’s government, came to the aid of Malaysia’s loss-making 1MDB, whose poor record and $11.6 billion of debt are a source of political pressure on Prime Minister Najib Razak. IPIC agreed to provide 1MDB with $1 billion in cash, allowing the Malaysian fund to repay a $975 million loan to a global banking syndicate...............................................Full Article: Source
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