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Asia-PacificNovember 24 2022

Malaysia initiative targets capital market growth

The country’s capital market regulator aims to bolster digitisation and SME access to finance, but it is failing to address fundamental problems. James King reports.
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Malaysia initiative targets capital market growth

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. 

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