The Securities Commission (SC) Malaysia, the country’s capital market regulator, has unveiled a number of initiatives to increase micro, small and medium-sized businesses’ (MSMEs) access to finance and boost the country’s economic recovery from the pandemic.
The measures, announced on October 31, include opening up alternative finance platforms to a wider range of companies, as well as the creation of an RM30m (approx. $6.5m) digital innovation fund to accelerate the digitisation of the capital market.