Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or “the Exchange”) is having the Bursa Marketplace Fair at Persada Johor International Convention Centre in Johor Bahru on Saturday, 5 August 2023.
The event, which will be graced by Deputy Minister of Finance I, YB Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan, aims to reach and engage the local investing community of all ages, providing investing awareness and education on various opportunities in both the conventional and Shariah equity markets as well as derivatives market. Many investing programmes, tools, and solutions that are available from Bursa Malaysia and industry players will also be featured. The event is supported by various parties in the capital market ecosystem - from brokerages, financial institutions, public-listed companies, to market regulators.
It will be the first time the event is held in Malaysia’s southern region. This will be the second physical Marketplace Fair that takes place outside Kuala Lumpur, following the Penang event in 2019, and the virtual editions in 2021 and 2022. The fair this year in Johor is expected to draw over 5,000 participants.
In 2022, Johor recorded the second highest number of individual CDS accounts opened with 13,860 new joiners, representing 13.9 percent of the total 99,607 CDS accounts created nationwide. Overall, Johor is also the state with the third-highest number of active retail investors from a total of 1.4 million active retail investor accounts nationwide.
Highlights of Bursa Marketplace Fair 2023
Themed ‘Discover Investment Opportunities For You’, the full-day investment fair will host programmes and activities for all levels of retail investors. Novice traders or those just starting out on their investing journey, to traders with more experience, can look forward to insightful investment knowledge sharing sessions on Developing Winning Strategies for the Right Stocks, Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Investment Research, Shariah Investing, and technical analysis. There will also be talks dedicated to products such as structured warrants, derivatives, real estate investment trusts, exchange traded funds and crude palm oil futures. Several public listed companies will also provide corporate insights - namely Samaiden Group Berhad, Optimax Holdings Berhad, EcoWorld Development Group Berhad, Malaysia Building Society Berhad, OSK Holdings Bhd and Dagang NeXchange Bhd.
The Exchange believes in inculcating financial literacy at an early age. At the event, the Exchange will be launching a new gamification programme curated for children aged 8 to 14 years old. The programme is designed to introduce the concept of investment to children and young adults. To keep things fun at the family-oriented fair, participants can look forward to special prize giveaways and guest appearances from celebrity artist Hael Husaini and popular animated series Mechamato.
Potential and existing investors can get information from an exhibition featuring over 20 booths from broker partners and regulatory bodies showcasing their products, promotions, and even open CDS accounts.
The fair also presents an opportunity for investors to better understand Bursa Malaysia’s products, services, and digital tools. This includes:
- Bursa Anywhere app - ASEAN’s first mobile central depository services electronic platform
- Bursa Academy - free-to-access comprehensive e-learning platform that caters for the needs of all investors
- Bursa Marketplace - Malaysia's one-stop portal to educate retail investors in their share investment journey
- Bursa Digital Research - A multi-faceted research portal by Bursa Malaysia that serves to provide investors with an added source of research and data analysis
- Bursa Fund Platform - a publicly accessible and free to use information platform on funds.
Attendance to the fair is free. Registration is available through the website, or onsite at the fair. Visit https://www.bursamarketplace.com/bursa-marketplace-fair/ for more information.
