• Affin Hwang Investment Bank extends its SBL business to retail investors.
• Retail SBL enables investors to potentially earn more returns on their idle
assets.
Kuala Lumpur, 17 January 2019 – Affin Hwang Investment Bank Berhad, in
collaboration with Bursa Malaysia Berhad (Bursa Malaysia), launched its Securities
Borrowing and Lending (“SBL”) for retail investors today, enabling retail investors to
potentially gain more returns on their current investments.
The Retail SBL enables investors to lend assets which they already own but do not
intend to sell immediately, to Affin Hwang Investment Bank, as the borrower. This
enables the retail investors to earn interest income for lending their assets, thus
potentially gaining more returns over and above the dividends they would normally
receive.
Today’s launch not only embodies Bursa Malaysia’s mission in offering investors and
traders in the capital market with diverse and innovative products, but also projects
Affin Hwang Investment Bank and Bursa Malaysia’s efforts in boosting retail interest
in the market. Affin Hwang Investment Bank’s comprehensive SBL system, together
with a greater need for more product offerings in the marketplace have enabled them
to expand their SBL business further to retail investors.
“Affin Hwang Investment Bank is committed to be a leader in the securities industry in
Malaysia and our provision of excellence to clients through innovative products has
always been our aim. The launch of this Retail SBL clearly demonstrates this
commitment,” said Datuk Maimoonah Hussain, Group Managing Director of Affin
Hwang Capital.
“Retail investors continue to play a significant role in the domestic capital market. Therefore, Affin Hwang Investment Bank, in collaboration with Bursa Malaysia, are excited to offer this new product to the retail investors to potentially enhance their idleassets’ performance.” She added.
“As at December 2018, there were 1.87 million Retail accounts in our marketplaceholding a portfolio worth RM137.3 billion. Premised on this, investors can generateadditional income through lending out their idle securities holdings in SBL transactions,and potentially increase the overall return from their investments,” said Datuk Seri
Tajuddin Atan, Chief Executive Officer, Bursa Malaysia.
“I would like to commend Affin Hwang Investment Bank for taking the initiative to venture into the retail SBL segment with today’s launch, which will encourage retail investors to join the institutional players in making use of this facility to enhance their returns from idle assets.”
Affin Hwang Investment Bank had initially rolled out Retail SBL through only 3
branches to its commissioned and salaried Dealer Representatives in Q3 2018, and
have successfully loaned out RM8.5 million of retail clients’ shares in less than 2
months in spite of the relatively slow market performance in Q4 2018.
Affin Hwang Investment Bank targets to achieve RM50 million in securities lending
book size in 2019.
