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In 2006, Bursa Malaysia partnered with FTSE to provide a suite of indices for the Malaysian market, to enhance the KLCI. FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI was one of the indices created to replace the KLCI. The new index was adopted on 6 July 2009, with the opening value taken from the closing value of the old KLCI on 3 July 2009. [2]
In 2009 the commission and the Central Bank of Malaysia established the Asian Institute of Finance. [3] [4] They also established the Finance Accreditation Agency in 2013. [5] With Bursa Malaysia, they introduced Electronic Share Payment for e-payment of stock market transactions, and e-Dividend; both were announced in the 2010 budget. [5]
Bursa Malaysia was established in 1930, when the Singapore Stockbrokers Association became an official organization of securities in Malaya.In 1937, it was re-registered as the Stockbrokers' Association of Malaya, but it still did not trade public shares.
Khazanah is a company incorporated in Malaysia, and operates under the provisions of the Malaysian Companies Act. [12] [13] It is neither a government agency nor a statutory board, rather it is a national institution that served as a trustee that manages government-owned commercial assets and also investing in multiple high-tech and strategic sectors.
Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) is a state-owned Malaysian investment management company. [1] One of the largest fund management companies in Malaysia, it was established on 17 March 1978 as one of the instruments of the government's New Economic Policy.
SIRIM Berhad, formerly known as the Standard and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia (SIRIM), is a corporate organization owned wholly by the Malaysian Government, under the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MITI). It has been entrusted by the Malaysian Government to be the national organization for standards and quality and as a promoter ...
Kantar TNS is a global market research and market information group with offices in over 80 countries. Formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index, the firm was acquired by WPP Group for £1.6 billion in October 2008, when it became part of WPP's Kantar Group.
Malaysia is the global leader in terms of the sukuk (Islamic bond) market, issuing RM62 billion (US$17.74 billion) [133] worth of sukuk in 2014 - over 66.7% [134] of the global total of US$26.6 billion [131] [135] Malaysia also accounts for around two-thirds of the global outstanding sukuk market, controlling $178 billion of $290 billion, the ...