From this roadshow, investors will gain insights into the mid to large capitalised companies that have gained sector leadership regionally or globally.
Key highlights of Invest Malaysia Hong Kong 2010, a ‘not-to-be-missed’ event:
- An insight into Malaysia’s unique mix of global and regional champions that have established themselves as leaders in their own fields or are emerging companies with unique value propositions.
- A look into the government’s economic transformation programme that aims to transform Malaysia into a high income nation by Senator Dato’ Seri Idris Jala, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department and CEO of the Malaysian Government Performance Management and Delivery Unit (PEMANDU).
- Gain an understanding on how Malaysia’s transformation and reformation plans will benefit investors.
Malaysia is the 66th largest country by size with 28 million people, and is the 30th largest economy in the world. The GDP growth of the country is expected to be at around 8 percent this year, which would make it one of the fastest-growing economies in Asia.
Similar to Hong Kong, Malaysia adopts a British-based regulatory framework. Together with its well-established legal system, investors can enjoy a safe and familiar business environment when investing in the country.
Dato' Yusli Mohamed Yusoff, Chief Executive Officer of Bursa Malaysia said, “For the first time in Hong Kong, we are bringing the Invest Malaysia roadshow to provide a detailed view of the investment opportunities in our capital market. This unique roadshow will see the gathering of Malaysia’s corporate champions, key regulators and policy makers - all in one place - to showcase how Malaysia is increasingly strengthening its regional footprint.
“In assisting the development of the Malaysian capital market and enhancing global competitiveness, our capital market is underscored by a robust and facilitative regulatory framework with high emphasis on investor protection. In fact, Malaysia was ranked 4th in the world for investor protection by the World Economic Forum in The Global Competitiveness Report 2008/2009. In addition to that, FTSE recently upgraded Malaysia to Advanced Emerging market status from that of Secondary Emerging market within the FTSE Global Equity Index Series. This is a clear recognition of the progress Malaysia’s capital market has achieved in recent years,” said Dato’ Yusli.
“I am also excited at the prospect of our collaboration with OSK Investment Bank to help propagate and ‘open investment doors’ to Malaysia’s rich portfolio of exciting regional and global leaders in the mid to large cap space. Together, we will be bringing Invest Malaysia to Hong Kong over the next three years,” continued Dato’ Yusli.
Ong Leong Huat, Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, OSK Investment Bank said, “The time is right for us to leverage on our expertise to bring Malaysia’s unique investment opportunities to OSK's Hong Kong clients towards the further growth of the Malaysian capital market in the region. IMHK 2010 is the ideal platform for us to engage our clients in discussions with our public listed companies and key regulators. In IMHK 2010, we take the opportunity to show case the cream of Malaysian companies who have expanded beyond the commodity play as well as beyond Malaysia’s shores.”
Sam Chin, Regional Head of Research, OSK Investment Bank added, “Investors have long been interested in Malaysian companies as resource based investments. However, with the growth of Malaysia’s rubber glove companies into the global market and the expansion of Malaysian banks into key ASEAN markets, not forgetting the first mover advantage of our transportation companies, we now have more to offer global investors than purely the plantation plays.
“Malaysian companies have been regionalising themselves beyond the traditional borders and are now feeding off the growth in the region. When you buy into Malaysian companies, you are not just buying into the growth from Malaysia but also benefiting from its regional, and in some cases, global exposure,” Sam continued.
Invest Malaysia Hong Kong 2010 will bring together policy-makers, regulators and senior management of select public-listed companies in direct engagement with numerous international fund management representatives.
The aim is to expose investment opportunities in Malaysia to Hong Kong investors with a view to further grow and expand the Malaysian capital market in the region.