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The 3rd Invest ASEAN 2013 roadshow hosted by Bursa Malaysia attracted an eager crowd of around 400 local retail investors, enthusiastic about ASEAN opportunities and investing in ASEAN stocks.
Dato’ Tajuddin Atan, Chief Executive Officer, Bursa Malaysia, said “This is an exciting beginning to new investment opportunities in ASEAN for local investors. The collaborative partnership between the members of ASEAN Exchanges provides investors a unique channel and access into the ASEAN market that is robust and growing.”
Investors gained access to ASEAN stock picks and further insights to ASEAN investments through dialogues and panel discussions that featured analysts and experts from the region. Participants to the Invest ASEAN roadshow also gained the unique opportunity to engage directly with corporate leaders of top performing companies listed on Singapore Exchange and The Stock Exchange of Thailand. The companies profiled were OSIM International Limited and CNMC Goldmine Holdings Limited from Singapore while the companies from Thailand were Thailand PTT Global Chemical PCL, Bank of Ayudhya PCL, and Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding PCL.
Participants at the Invest ASEAN 2013 roadshow were also enthusiastic to learn more about investing in ASEAN. Tony Wong Lian Soon, General Manager, ArcNet Training & Development Sdn. Bhd., said, “I made the right decision to attend this Invest ASEAN roadshow. I have always been interested in investing beyond Malaysia but my lack of knowledge did not give me the confidence to do so. But after today I feel more empowered and furthermore my broker informed me that trading cross border is very easy now that they have rolled out the ASEAN Trading Link.”
Dato’ Bryan Tay Say Guan, Group Managing Director, Miracle Impress Sdn. Bhd., concurred saying, “Local investors usually hardly ever get the opportunity to meet foreign leaders of foreign listed companies. This I find quite useful. On the whole I think ASEAN Exchanges is taking the right steps to expose and educate us to ASEAN investments in this way, via an investment roadshow. I look forward to the next roadshow at Bursa Malaysia.”
Mr Chay Wai Leong, Group Managing Director, K & N Kenanga Holdings Berhad, said, "We applaud ASEAN Exchanges for driving the awareness and education of ASEAN companies amongst investors across the region. The markets across ASEAN are integrating and competition is increasing, not just in our home market but from our ASEAN neighbours. For companies it is important to widen our investor base and we fully support initiatives like Invest ASEAN to create greater awareness of our company across the region."
Mr. Chew Sing Guan, Managing Director, Mercury Securities Sdn Bhd said "It is encouraging to see that sustained steps are being made to make cross border trading a reality. Event like Invest ASEAN opens up opportunities as it increases market awareness of premier companies listed on the ASEAN bourses."
“Invest ASEAN 2013 is designed to educate investors with a goal to increase the pool of regional retail investors who are well-versed and familiar with trading ASEAN stocks, as they are with trading stocks in their home market. The unique aspect of Invest ASEAN is that it presents retail investors with the opportunity to connect directly with the heads of top performing companies of the ASEAN Stars”, said Dato’ Tajuddin.
The Invest ASEAN roadshow also facilitated opening of CDS accounts through its five participating Bursa Malaysia ASEAN Trading Link Broker Partners including Maybank Investment Bank, Kenanga Investment Bank, Mercury Securities, CIMB Investment Bank and Affin Investment Bank.
Invest ASEAN, a regional investment roadshow, is one of the many efforts being undertaken by ASEAN Exchanges to promote the exciting companies listed on the seven exchanges in ASEAN.
ASEAN Stars are the 180 ASEAN blue-chip stocks that represent the 30 most exciting companies of each ASEAN Exchanges country as ranked by investability in terms of market capitalisation and liquidity.
The roadshow is the latest collaborative initiative by ASEAN Exchanges following its successful rollout of the ASEAN Trading Link connecting the exchanges of Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, providing investors easier accessibility to trade a total of over 2,200 counters listed on these three exchanges.
The seven ASEAN Exchanges have a combined market capitalisation of over USD2.0 trillion and more than 3,000 companies listed on their exchanges. Some of these companies are the largest and most dynamic companies in the world, including leaders in finance and banking, energy, telecommunications, commodities, automotive manufacturing and other industrial sectors.
