Malaysia

Structural Regulation

Malaysia Courts Family Offices with Tax Breaks to Boost Capital Market

By Editors | 24/05/2025

SC official promotes incentives, including zero-tax rate and visa schemes, to attract single family offices to Forest City.

Trading & Investment

Bursa Malaysia Launches New Scheme to Attract Retail Investors

By Nithya Subramanian | 23/05/2025

The Shares2U initiative allows brokers to reward investors with shares if they complete specific actions like opening a CDS account.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

Bursa Malaysia Announces Resolution of April Unauthorised Trades

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 20/05/2025

Bursa Malaysia said investors with unauthorised trades in their accounts on 24 April will not incur losses.

Market Abuse

Court Dismisses Challenge to Malaysia’s Insider Trading Law

By Nithya Subramanian | 20/05/2025

The High Court dismissed a civil suit by a former company executive who challenged the constitutionality of Malaysia’s insider trading law.

Reporting & Disclosures

Bursa Malaysia and UOB Team Up to Support SME Sustainability Transition

By Nithya Subramanian | 19/05/2025

UOB will sponsor the CSI subscription fees for its SME clients, lowering the entry barriers for those starting their ESG journey.

Supervision & Enforcement

Malaysia SC Signs Enhanced IOSCO Framework on Multilateral Cooperation  

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 15/05/2025

The SC signed IOSCO’s EMMoU, the global benchmark for international cooperation between securities and derivatives market regulators.

Liquidity Risk

BNM Lowers Statutory Reserve Requirement for Banks

By Nithya Subramanian | 09/05/2025

BNM said the reduction is intended to enhance liquidity management and support financial intermediation.

Anti-Bribery & Corruption

1MDB: Malaysia Seeks Extradition of Ex-Goldman Banker

By Nithya Subramanian | 09/05/2025

Malaysia has formally requested the US to extradite Tim Leissner, who pleaded guilty in 2018 to US charges linked to the 1MDB corruption scandal.

Tokenisation

SC Malaysia Proposes Framework for Tokenised Capital Market Products

By Nithya Subramanian | 06/05/2025

The proposed framework will allow licensed persons and RMOs to offer or deal in tokenised products issued through approved primary market platforms.