Securities Commission Malaysia (SC), the country’s capital markets regulator, has led a high-level delegation to China as part of its Capital Market Masterplan 2026-2030, seeking to deepen bilateral investment ties and attract greater Chinese institutional participation in Malaysian markets.
According to FinTech News Malaysia, the visit, which marked the first regional engagement under the new five-year masterplan, brought together representatives from Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and Bursa Malaysia alongside SC officials.
The delegation held talks with key Chinese regulatory bodies, including the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, focusing on regulatory cooperation, market connectivity and the strengthening of cross-border capital market links.
Meetings were also held with a number of prominent Chinese institutional investors and fund managers, among them China Investment Corporation, China Asset Management Company, E Fund Management, Harvest Fund Management, Yinhua AMC and China Southern Asset Management.
Discussions centred on investment flows, institutional partnerships and cross-border capital raising. Specific opportunities explored included cross-border exchange-traded funds (ETFs), potential dual listings on both countries’ exchanges, and Islamic capital market instruments such as sukuk. The two sides additionally discussed collaboration on enforcement, investigation and market surveillance to support a more integrated cross-border investment environment.
The SC serves as Malaysia’s principal regulator for capital markets, overseeing securities and futures markets as well as the development of the country’s broader financial ecosystem. The masterplan sets out a strategic roadmap for the capital market over the 2026–2030 period, with international connectivity and investor base expansion among its central objectives.
China’s selection as the first stop in the masterplan’s regional engagement programme reflects the strength of existing bilateral economic ties between the two countries and the perceived potential to further broaden investment linkages between their respective markets.
The Malaysian delegation was led by SC chairman Dato’ Mohammad Faiz Azmi, and also included BNM Beijing Office chief representative Faizal Fathil, Bursa Malaysia chief executive officer Datuk Fad’l Mohamed and SC Capital Market Advisory Committee member Tan Sri Andrew Sheng.
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