PARTNERS

ICAP (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd

Established in 1974, ICAP Malaysia is a money broking company governed by Bank Negara Malaysia of which the major shareholder is ICAP Group. ICAP is listed on the London Stock Exchange and comprises the largest integrated money and securities broking group in the world with offices in all major financial centres such as London and New York.

ICAP Malaysia’s principal activity is to act as an intermediary in the broad range of financial products for all licensed financial institutions in the Kuala Lumpur money market.

Harlow's & MGI

Harlow's & MGI Sdn. Bhd. (HMGI) is an approved moneybroker - a brokerage and financial services company licensed under the Financial Services Act 2013 (FSA 2013) as an interbank broker in Malaysia, dealing with over-the-counter (OTC) Financial products in the Malaysian Financial Markets. We have ties to other International Moneybrokers and conduct cross-broking transactions with our broking counterparts in other financial centers.

AmBank Group

A leading financial services provider in Malaysia, offering an extensive range of banking and financial services, including investment banking, commercial banking, retail financing, leasing, stockbroking, insurance, asset/fund management, futures and options trading, and offshore banking.

CIMB Investment Bank

CIMB Group is Malaysia's second largest financial services provider which is listed on Bursa Malaysia via Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Berhad. CIMB Bank provides a comprehensive range of consumer banking services through multi-channel delivery that includes a country-wide network branches and outlets as well as robust electronic banking, phone banking and online banking channels.

PT Bank Internasional Indonesia

PT Bank Internasional Indonesia Tbk (BII) was established on May 15, 1959 and listed its shares on Indonesia Stock Exchange since 1989. On September 30, 2008 Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank), through Mayban Offshore Corporate Services (Labuan) Sdn. Bhd. (MOCS), a wholly owned subsidiary, acquired stake in Sorak Financial Holdings Pte. Ltd., which at the time of the transaction owned a 55.51% stake in BII. In December 2008, MOCS completed a tender offer for the remaining BII shares. BII's network comprised of 327 domestic offices including five Sharia branches and three overseas branches in Caymand Islands, Mauritius and Mumbai. BII owns 952 Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) and 15 Cash Deposit Machines (CDMs) nationwide. BII provides range of products & services to Consumer, SME & Commercial, and Corporate segment.

Maybank Investment Bank

Maybank Investment Bank Berhad is the investment banking arm of Malaysia's largest local bank, Maybank. It is one of the leading investment banks in Malaysia, providing quality, sophisticated and innovative financial solutions to its clients' business needs.

RHB Bank Bhd

One of the largest fully integrated financial services groups in Malaysia and a growing financial services company in Asean. Its services include commercial banking, merchant banking, leasing activities, insurance, securities, asset management, unit trusts and related services.

RHB Research Institute

RHB Research Institute Sdn Bhd, a member of the RHB Banking Group, helps investors make informed decisions with the advantage of our comprehensive economic, equity and debt market research coverage by our renowned, award-winning analysts. Our team of market-savvy researchers will analyse investor implications with an outlook for the industry, economy and market conditions. Clients also benefit from our research, valuations and credit opinions of companies relating to corporate deals in Malaysia's investment banking arena. Apart from our “Rates Market Weekly” and “Monthly Review” reports published on BPA's website, we cover Malaysia's bond market comprehensively via market leader periodicals such as the “Outlook & Strategy”, “Credit Strategy”, “Technical Viewpoint”, “Relative Value Analysis” and “Credit Market Weekly”.

Hong Leong Bank Berhad

Hong Leong Bank Berhad is a leading financial services provider in Malaysia with a wealth of experience that comes with it being the oldest local financial institution in the country. Apart from its core domestic market, the Bank has presence in Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia and China. The Bank provides comprehensive personal financial services, business and corporate banking, trade finance, treasury, branch and transaction banking, wealth management, investment banking, private banking as well as Islamic financial services.

Affin Hwang Capital

Affin Hwang Capital is a specialist investment banking group. From both Affin Hwang Capital’s primary offices in Kuala Lumpur and Penang, Affin Hwang Capital’s multi-product teams cover both retail and institutional clients. GLCs and mid- to large-cap corporations form the core of Affin Hwang Capital’s institutional client business. To these organisations, Affin Hwang Capital offers high quality advisory and execution services across investment banking, institutional securities and asset management. For individuals, Affin Hwang Capital focus on proactively growing wealth through their unique asset management approach. Affin Hwang Capital’s retail securities team deliver convenience, value and premium service. Affin Hwang Capital value long-term relationships with their clients, emphasising trust, flexibility, collaboration and independent thinking. As one of Malaysia’s leading, bank-backed investment banking groups, Affin Hwang Capital use their expertise to continually tackle the most compelling financial challenges and deliver pioneering solutions to their clients. Affin Hwang Capital is part of the Affin Banking Group.

Novagni Analytics & Advisory Sdn Bhd

Novagni is a Malaysian based provider of fund and investment information, performance analytics and online web tools. We are experts in the field of fund research and recommendation, and our services support both intermediaries and investors of Malaysian unit trust funds, investment linked funds and private retirement schemes.”

Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad

Established for more than 45 years, Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad (the Group) is a financial group in Malaysia with extensive experience in equity broking, investment banking, treasury, Islamic banking, listed derivatives, investment management, wealth management, structured lending and trade financing. Today, it is an award-winning leading independent investment bank in the country with a continuous commitment towards driving collaboration, innovation and digitalization in the marketplace.

LSEG

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider that operates connected businesses to serve customers across the entire financial markets value chain. With capabilities in data, indices and analytics, capital formation, trade execution, clearing and risk management, we operate at the heart of the world’s financial ecosystem and enable the sustainable growth and stability of our customers and their communities. Together, our three business divisions – Data and Analytics, Capital Markets and Post Trade – offer customers seamless access to global financial markets, across the trading lifecycle. LSEG is headquartered in London and has a major presence throughout Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and emerging markets.

Intercontinental Exchange | ICE Data Services

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) is a Fortune 500 and Fortune Future 50 company formed in the year 2000 to modernize markets. ICE serves customers by operating the exchanges, clearing houses and information services they rely upon to invest, trade and manage risk across global financial and commodity markets. A leader in market data, ICE Data Services serves the information and connectivity needs across virtually all asset classes. As the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, the company raises more capital than any other exchange in the world, driving economic growth and transforming markets.

FactSet

FactSet (NYSE:FDS | NASDAQ:FDS) delivers superior analytics, service, content, and technology to help more than 115,000 users see and seize opportunity sooner. We are committed to giving investment professionals the edge to outperform, with fresh perspectives, informed insights, and the industry-leading support of our dedicated specialists. We're proud to have been recognized with multiple awards for our analytical and data-driven solutions and repeatedly ranked as one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For and a Best Workplace in the United Kingdom and France. Subscribe to our thought leadership blog to get fresh insight delivered daily at insight.factset.com. Learn more at www.factset.com and follow on Twitter: www.twitter.com/factset.

Bloomberg

Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company’s strength – delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately – is at the core of the Bloomberg Terminal. Bloomberg’s enterprise solutions build on the company's core strength: using technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively.

Macrobond

Macrobond is a leading provider of global economic, aggregate financial and sector time-series data for professionals including economists, analysts, quants, strategists, portfolio managers and asset allocators. Founded in Malmo, Sweden in 2008, its flexible SaaS solution delivers timely macroeconomic data from more than 2,500 sources, supported by the most comprehensive metadata in the industry. Macrobond’s integrated analytical tools enable customers worldwide to quickly find, analyze and visualize relevant data. Automated workflows empower users to instantly share their insights, enhancing enterprise-wide collaboration and improving productivity.

The Thai Bond Market Association (Thai BMA)

ThaiBMA was officially founded in 2005 as a securities business related association under the Securities and Exchange Commission Act B.E. 2535 (A.D. 1992). Its main purposes are to be a self-regulatory organization (SRO) for a fair and efficient operation of the bond market and to be an information center for the Thai Bond Market. ThaiBMA also plays functional roles on market development, market convention and standard, and being Bond Pricing Agency for the industry. In addition, ThaiBMA provides a forum through which industry professionals can response to current issues and play a role in shaping the future of the Thai bond market.

Penilai Harga Efek Indonesia (PHEI)

Penilai Harga Efek Indonesia (PHEI), a subsidiary of Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX), is a licensed securities pricing agency in Indonesia, providing Bond, Sukuk, and other securities pricing and information services for the Indonesian securities market.

Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp.(PDEx)

Powered by state-of-the-art technology, PDS provides a full suite of services, from trading to clearing and settlement, and post settlement across different asset classes. Its activities span the breadth of financial markets including equities, fixed income, and foreign exchange. It also offers learning facilities to equip its communities in keeping pace with market development and professional practice, here and abroad.

The PDS Group is composed of the Philippine Dealing System Holdings Corp., the holding company, and its operating subsidiaries: Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp., Philippine Depository & Trust Corp., Philippine Securities Settlement Corp., and PDS Academy for Market Development Corp."

The Edge

Edge is Malaysia's award-winning and best-selling business and investment weekly with related daily publications. It provides authoritative analytical content on corporate, investment, real estate, lifestyle, technology and is a subsidiary of Nexnews Berhad.

Bond and Sukuk Information Exchange (BIX)

The Bond and Sukuk Information Exchange or BIX, is a non-profit information platform established to provide free public access to information on bonds and sukuk issued in Malaysia. The BIX provides a wealth of comprehensive and up-to-date information on the Malaysian bond and Sukuk market and is expected to increase transparency in both the primary and secondary markets and at the same time, facilitate increased awareness of investors, including retail investors in bonds and Sukuk. BIX was launched by Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani and Securities Commission Malaysia Chairman Tan Sri Ranjit Ajit Singh on 6 November 2017.

iPORTAL.Live

iPORTAL.Live is a Global Platform focusing on the digitalization of the 10 sectors of the $3T Islamic Economy. iPORTAL.Live comprises of experienced team with over 100 years in Islamic Finance, Halal Industry, Waqf, Startups, Law, E-commerce, Content Management System, Social & Digital Media, and IT. To address the challenges in the Islamic economy is to build digital inclusion pathways for all the sectors on one platform in a meaningful way for all users to benefit.

RAM Holdings Berhad

RAM Holdings (formerly known as Rating Agency Malaysia Berhad) was established in November 1990. As the nation's first credit-rating agency, RAM's expertise and experience are unrivalled when it comes to providing valuable insights into the Malaysian bond market.

Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad

Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC) was established in 1996. MARC is a licensed credit rating agency with Securities Commission Malaysia, and a Bank Negara-accredited External Credit Assessment Institution. We strive to deliver information, insights, solutions and benchmarks to contribute towards more robust and sustainable capital markets. MARC’s key capabilities are in infrastructure, project and structured finance. MARC’s rating universe also encompasses sovereigns, financial institutions, state governments and investment managers. MARC publishes independent research on the domestic bond and sukuk markets, industry trends and economic issues. MARC recently ventured into new business segments, providing the market with up-to-date data analytic offerings, sustainability-related assessments, as well as risk framework solutions and advisory.

Symphony Digest Sdn Bhd

SDSB is a training and advisory company specialising in the area of finance. Our senior partners have over 30 years' experience in financial advisory, investment banking and strategic planning. Our panel of trainers comprises proven professionals in their respective fields of expertise (e.g. Head of Credit Evaluation of financial institutions, Career bankers, Treasurers and Partners of law firm). To cater for all, we provide in-house training as well as public training. SDSB also offers soft skill training such as marketing and branding, communication skills, motivation and other general topics like project management and how to prepare business plans. We do customise our training towards meeting clients' needs. Please do call Chan Leng Kei at 012-223 6302 to carry this forward.

Via Commerce Sdn Bhd

Via Commerce Sdn. Bhd is a financial knowledge company, incorporated in 2002 by a group of professionals from various backgrounds in accounting and finance. Its primary objective is to be a centre dedicated to provide training and consultancy services in a wide spectrum in finance including investment advisory, financial risk management, financial accounting, corporate fraud examination and corporate finance. The managing director, Mr. David Meow, is also currently associated with regulators, governmental agencies, and financial institutions for several developmental projects. For more information, kindly contact Ms Shanny Lim at 03-2078 8803 / 017-234 6100 or email her at: info@viacommerce.com.my.

Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute

The Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI) is Malaysia's leading independent private Think Tank which is committed to the development of Asian leadership and strategic thinking. ASLI's vision is to create a better society. ASLI's mission is to help organizations enhance competitiveness, leadership and strategic capabilities through its public programmes, conferences, publications, policy research, business councils and CEO peer groups. ASLI provides trusted insight to governments, businesses and the diplomatic community. It also acts as a knowledge channel through interaction and dialogues with leading thinkers and experts. The value propositions are its valuable insight, high-level interaction, thought-leadership and in-depth research studies. We strive to promote an open society where democratic values open and unconstrained dialogue, honesty and integrity lead the way to change and a better environment for all Malaysians, for all Asians, and for the globe. We believe that open dialogue, honesty and well researched and thought-out arguments can lead to a better society, and our programmes and knowledge platforms work towards achieving that vision.