A new age of interest rates synchronization?

Markets Today's Luqman Hariz explores one key themes this year, synchronized global recovery. Maybank IB Research expects the world to break away from the “divergence” narrative of the last few years, which saw the rest of the world facing sluggish growth as opposed to the US. Also, the asset quality of Malaysian banks could see some deterioration, Uber's company president Jeff Jones leaves, Genting group gets preliminary approval for proposed 300-ROOM Miami hotel and Syed Mokhtar, COFCO could buy into FGV.