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Proposed Singapore-Malaysia stock market trading link to be reviewed: Mahathir
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Published06 JUNE, 2018
UPDATED 06 JUNE, 2018
PUTRAJAYA – Malaysia will review plans to set up a stock market trading link with Singapore, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Wednesday (June 6) after a Cabinet meeting.
Plans for the link between Bursa Malaysia and Singapore Exchange were announced by then Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak in February. Both countries had aimed to set up the link by the end of this year.
The link would have allowed investors in both countries to trade and settle shares listed on each other's exchanges, and given them easier and seamless access to each other's markets with a combined market capitalisation of more than US$1.2 trillion (S$1.58 trillion) and 1,600 public listed companies.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore said in response to media queries that it had asked the Securities Commission Malaysia to "clarify its position" on the matter.
Malaysia would scrap the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project in order to cut its national debt. He gave no details as to why he had decided to review the proposed link betwee

TODAY file photo
Published06 JUNE, 2018
UPDATED 06 JUNE, 2018
PUTRAJAYA – Malaysia will review plans to set up a stock market trading link with Singapore, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Wednesday (June 6) after a Cabinet meeting.
Plans for the link between Bursa Malaysia and Singapore Exchange were announced by then Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak in February. Both countries had aimed to set up the link by the end of this year.
The link would have allowed investors in both countries to trade and settle shares listed on each other's exchanges, and given them easier and seamless access to each other's markets with a combined market capitalisation of more than US$1.2 trillion (S$1.58 trillion) and 1,600 public listed companies.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore said in response to media queries that it had asked the Securities Commission Malaysia to "clarify its position" on the matter.
Malaysia would scrap the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project in order to cut its national debt. He gave no details as to why he had decided to review the proposed link betwee