Islamic Markets

Malaysia has a dedicated legal and efficient regulatory infrastructure including legislations such as the Islamic Banking Act 1983, the Takaful Act 1984 and the Capital Markets and Services Act 2007, as well as the Islamic Stock Broking Best Practices Guidelines to govern the Islamic finance industry.
Malaysia’s established and renowned dual financial system, a parallel Islamic and conventional regulatory framework and a globally respected central Shariah Advisory Council have played an integral part in developing the Islamic financial sector, and at the same time create a conducive and a well-accepted marketplace. Malaysia’s reputable existing expertise and extensive experience in Islamic finance product and service innovations enable foreign financial institutions to efficiently and cost-effectively structure their own innovative offerings. Ultimately, the benefits include a shorter learning curve, quicker time to market and reduced costs for new entrants to Malaysia’s vibrant Islamic markets.

A market-leading landscape that is streamlined and benchmarked globally for providing a dynamic and well-accepted marketplace, with proven track records in the industry for reliability, flexibility and functionality whilst maintaining high levels of investor protection and strong corporate governance. Market players can operate in a facilitative and easily accessible environment that is demand centric because our landscape is best poised to meet the varying needs of the industry as a whole.

We have continuously taken a proactive role in driving the promotion of investors’ relations and strong corporate governance in the robust and stable Malaysian business environment, ensuring the sustainability of business through best business practices.

Malaysia’s stable and fast-growing economy together with liberal market policies have transformed Malaysia into one of the most dynamic and progressive business environment globally. In Malaysia’s vibrant Islamic markets, issuers and investors stand to gain from our wide investor-base, competitive pricing, continual product innovation and potentially optimising returns.

With Malaysia continuously placing a strong emphasis on human capital development, Bursa Malaysia, as the country’s stock exchange, are able to ensure the availability of competent Islamic finance talents. Currently, we have in Malaysia a large and diverse pool of experienced Islamic finance professionals comprising product innovators, regulators, intermediaries and risk managers.

Having ample local and foreign investment banks, Islamic banks, stockbrokers, takaful operators, fund managers, and with attractive tax incentives sufficiently in place, Malaysia is all set to become your one-stop destination for your Shariah-compliant investments.