Bursa Malaysia Kicks Off Inaugural Inter-Uni Capital Market Debate Competition

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or “the Exchange”) today kicked off the Bursa Uni Day 2018 with an inaugural inter-uni capital market debate competition among tertiary education institutions in Malaysia, as part of its wider “Invest Bursa, Invest in You” nationwide campaign to encourage Malaysians to invest in the capital market to grow the value of their savings for their future.

The Bursa Uni Day is an initiative led by the Exchange to provide a comprehensive investment literacy avenue, which includes educational programmes designed to shape undergraduates into confident, informed and responsible investors.

“This debate competition is an innovative approach by the Exchange to reach out to university students to raise awareness on stock market investing and promote financial literacy among the next generation of investors. We are encouraged by the enthusiastic response from universities nationwide that have sent in debate teams to participate,” said Datuk Seri Tajuddin Atan, Chief Executive Officer of Bursa Malaysia.

The knock-out rounds of the debate competition were held at Bursa Malaysia and saw debate teams from eight participating universities competing for a spot in the semi-finals. The debate topics were all capital market-related.

The winning teams will proceed to the semi-finals of the debate competition, to be held on the 15th of October 2018 at the Exchange. Winning teams emerging from the semi-finals will battle it out at the finals at the Bursa Uni Day, scheduled to be held on 20th October 2018 at Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway for a chance to win a cash prize of RM3,000 which will be deposited in their respective trading accounts.

The judging panel for the knock-out rounds included Dato’ Ahmad Azman Dato’ Abdul Manaf, Chairman for the Association of Stockbroking Companies Malaysia; stock and futures market analyst Mr Fred Tam; university lecturer En Abdul Halim Ismail; En Ahmad Ruzlan Zahari, Director of Minetech Resources Bhd; and, Ms Emilia Tee, Director of Sustainability, Bursa Malaysia Bhd.

The Bursa Uni Day is sponsored and supported by RHB Investment Bank Bhd, UOB Kay Hian Securities (M) Sdn Bhd, CIMB Investment Bank Bhd, Hong Leong Investment Bank Bhd, AmInvestment Bank Bhd and Inter-Pacific Securities Sdn Bhd.

“Bursa Malaysia welcomes collaborations from capital market players in our ongoing efforts to enhance investor education among the younger generation. We will look to harness the enthusiasm and interest of university and college students through targeted programmes such as the Bursa Uni Day, to create the type of conversations needed to build their knowledge, and their confidence in becoming savvy capital market investors,” said Datuk Seri Tajuddin.

The Exchange also champions the Bursa Young Investor Club (BYIC), an initiative in collaboration with tertiary education institutions nationwide to create a platform for students to increase their investment awareness and knowledge through personal development programmes.

To date, a total of 21 BYICs have been established across the nation. Programmes under the BYIC include leadership bootcamps, investment workshops, webinar series and the BYIC challenge game – a stock simulation game to pique students’ interest in stock market investing.

Datuk Seri Tajuddin added, “Programmes such as the BYIC and the Bursa Uni Day debate competition help the Exchange keep a pulse on the needs and aspirations of the next generation of investors, facilitating the development of initiatives by Bursa Malaysia to ensure more impact in our ongoing efforts to create more opportunities and grow value for our future investors.”

For more information on Bursa Uni Day, visit www.bursamarketplace.com.

Highlights from the Inaugural Inter-Uni Capital Market Debate Competition:

 1.    In the front row: Preliminary round judges En Abdul Halim Ismail (3rd from left), Mr Fred Tam (5th from left), and Dato’ Ahmad Azman Dato’ Abdul Manaf (6th from left), commemorating the successful completion of the knock-out rounds with En Mahdzir Othman, Director of Securities Market, Bursa Malaysia Bhd (4th from left), debaters from all eight teams and the organising team from Bursa Malaysia Bhd.   

 2.    Darren Kim Wei Zheng of the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia team displaying his debating skills as he argues against the topic of “Growth Stocks Can Give Better Performance and Return to Investors Compared to Established Blue Chips”.

 3.    While the affirmative team is defending the motion “Online Trading is Better Than Offline Trading, the all-female team from HELP University Damansara is picking up points to support their argument against it.”

4.    Asia Pacific University’s Syed Kamil Al Idrus bin Syed Zaher putting forth his argument against the motion “Investing to Benefit from Dividend Yields is More Sustainable Than Investing for Capital Gains”.

5.    Taylor’s University team member Mahherrajan Narayanan is seen preparing his argument points against the motion “Fundamental Analysis Has Better Stock Selection Accuracy Than Technical Analysis”.