Conference Highlights:
- USD11,167 billion in total assets under management (AUM)
- 55 PLCs representing over 50% of the total Malaysia market capitalisation
- 25 Global Experts will address the ‘Next Generation of Competition’, Trans Pacific Partnership, Belt & Road Initiative and Sustainable Development Goals
Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia”) and Maybank Kim Eng, will hold the 12th Invest Malaysia (“IMKL2016”) in Kuala Lumpur on 12th April showcasing the growth and competitiveness of Malaysia’s marketplace. The conference is the largest annual capital market event in Malaysia that serves as a marketplace for global fund managers looking to access the investment opportunities in Malaysia.
This year, IMKL2016 will showcase 55 of Malaysia’s most investable companies, representing over 50% of the Malaysia market capitalisation. Organisers have also confirmed a total of 47 global and regional fund managers representing a total AUM of USD 11,167 billion, are expected to congregate.
Prime Minister Yang Amat Berhormat Dato' Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak will officiate the conference, themed: Malaysia: Sustainable At The Core. The Honourable Prime Minister will deliver a Special Address on Malaysia’s game plan and vision for businesses.
Datuk Seri Tajuddin Atan, CEO of Bursa Malaysia said, “Bursa Malaysia continues to build on our well-diversified marketplace and leverage on the building blocks that we have put in place to create a sustainable marketplace. The next generation of competition is putting greater emphasis on our role as an Exchange to ensure a more competitive marketplace and remain a model for other emerging markets. We cannot be complacent. Key steps need to be taken to further enhance the conducive business environment for companies to grow and for this reason, Invest Malaysia 2016 is designed to ignite the conversations that matter most to our businesses and our marketplace.”
IMKL2016 will feature 25 global thought leaders who will be discussing the opportunities and paths forward for business leaders and regulators in response to the three defining trends that will reshape and disrupt markets and businesses: The Trans Pacific Partnership, The Belt & Road Initiative and The Sustainable Development Goals.
John Chong, CEO of Maybank Kim Eng and Maybank Investment Bank, said that Malaysia is well-positioned to take advantage of the changing global landscape and higher order of trade.
He said, “Malaysia continues to demonstrate resilience on the back of a well-diversified market, strong fundamentals and robust PLCs supported by a deep and flourishing capital market. The TPP will be a catalyst for broader economic reform, and for corporates to transform their business practices to drive a more sustainable development.”
“The world economy is becoming borderless; the TPP, and the Belt & Road initiative will further accelerate the process. Malaysian corporates need to ready to be integrated with the world economy, to seize the opportunities and face the competitiveness of a much open global marketplace.”
IMKL2016 will present three Plenaries and eight Thematic Tracks featuring 25 distinguished speakers including world leading experts, Dr Anil K. Gupta (Author of The Silk Road Rediscovered: How Indian and Chinese Companies are Becoming Globally Stronger by Competing in Each Other’s Markets) who is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading experts on strategy, globalisation and entrepreneurship and Professor Charles Fine (Author of Clockspeed: Winning Industry Control in the Age of Temporary Advantage) who is the Chrysler Leaders for Global Operations Professor of Management at MIT Sloan and Asia School of Business. The full list of speakers and programme details are available online at: http://www.investmalaysiaconference.com/home/ .
IMKL2016 kicked-off in February 2016 with the global capital markets stakeholder engagement in Hong Kong, Singapore and London with Dato’ Sri Wahid and San Francisco with the Honourable Prime Minister of Malaysia in the lead up to IMKL2016 on 12th April. Malaysian policy makers and capital market drivers engaged in candid conversations with some of the world’s largest fund managers to present deeper insights and understanding of the latest developments within the Malaysian economy and capital market.
Bursa Malaysia has a well-diversified market that is represented by 50 economic sectors. Malaysia is one of the three emerging markets currently amongst the world’s top 20 Most Competitive Nations[1] and the only emerging market amongst the Top 10 for Financial Market Development.
Bursa Malaysia has worked hard to put in place the building blocks to create a sustainable marketplace and improve access to capital. In 2014, Bursa Malaysia became the first emerging market Exchange to implement the globally benchmarked FTSE4Good ESG index and in 2015, Bursa Malaysia became one of the first emerging markets to be a Partner Exchange Signatory to the Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative.