- Business
- Bursa Malaysia Berhad (1818.KL) operates as an exchange holding company that owns and manages Malaysia's primary securities and derivatives exchange headquartered in Exchange Square, Kuala Lumpur, and founded in 1976 following the restructuring of earlier stock exchange entities. The company provides an integrated platform encompassing listing, trading, clearing, settlement, depository services, and market data dissemination across its core segments including the Securities Market with equities, exchange-traded funds, real estate investment trusts, structured warrants, and exchange-traded bonds and sukuk; the Derivatives Market featuring crude palm oil futures, gold futures, equity index futures, single-stock futures, and options; the Islamic Market offering Shariah-compliant products such as the Bursa Suq Al-Sila' commodity trading platform and murabahah-based instruments; the Data Business supplying real-time and historical pricing, indices, and analytics on quoted securities; the Exchange Holding operations covering treasury management and administrative support; and Others including a voluntary carbon exchange, offshore listings for bonds and sukuk, debt fundraising platforms for small to mid-sized issuers, and bond trader reporting systems, primarily serving Malaysian and regional investors with a focus on ASEAN markets. Geographically, it concentrates operations in Malaysia while facilitating cross-border access through global data feeds and offshore products. Recent developments under its Strategic Roadmap 2024-2026 position Bursa Malaysia as a multi-asset exchange, highlighted by the May 2025 launch of Shares2U, a securities transfer scheme enabling brokers to reward retail investors with listed shares for actions like opening accounts or trading to boost participation; amendments to Main, ACE, and LEAP Market Listing Requirements effective from early 2025 enhancing governance, disclosure on executive remuneration, securities issuance, and significant business changes; expansions in market-making frameworks including Derivatives Specialists utilizing permitted short selling; and a record 55 initial public offerings in 2024 driving funds raised leadership among ASEAN peers.