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Thursday, 9 February 2012
CH 3: Bursa Malaysia
On the stock market side, Bursa Malaysia is the main regulator and regulates and operates the trading activities in Malaysia.
Bursa Malaysia is the exchange holding company that regulates and operates the trading activities on Bursa Malaysia, a stock market with just under 1000 companies across 50 economics activities. This fully integrated stock exchange offers equities derivatives, offshore and Islamic products and remains as one of the largest bourses in Asia, offering a diverse range of investment choices globally. Bursa Malaysia, in support of the MIFC initiatives, offers a holistic range of innovative ICM products across all sectors and industries through its two Exchanges namely Bursa Malaysia for onshore markets and Labuan International Financial Exchange for offshore markets. This is evident with 88% of the securities listed on Bursa Malaysia are Shariah-compliant. Malaysia is the first in the world to list Islamic REITs and the first in Asia to list an Islamic ETF. Listing of sukuk is available on both the onshore (Bursa Malaysia) and offshore (LFX) exchanges either RM or multicurrency. Malaysia is also the first in the world to list onshore (Bursa Malaysia) and offshore (LFX) exchanges either RM or multicurrency. Malaysia is also the first in the world to list sukuk. Bursa Suq Al-Sila' is an international spot commodity platform which facilitates commodity-based Islamic financing and investment transactions under the Shariah principles of murabahah (cost-plus financing), tawarruq (monetization) and musawwamah (general sale). For more information on Bursa Malaysia, please log on to www.bursamalaysia.com
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