Hot topics: Investing abroad and reits

We can now buy and sell foreign shares listed on foreign stock exchanges through our local stockbrokers. Securities Commission made a press release on this.

"Investors are now allowed to invest in foreign securities that are listed on foreign exchanges recognised by Bursa Malaysia Bhd (Bursa Malaysia), and are exempted from the requirement for SC approval under section 32 of the Securities Commission Act 1993 (SCA). Currently, there are 51 exchanges recognised by Bursa Malaysia, including Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand. Investors may obtain the full list of recognised exchanges from the stockbroking companies."

This is our opinion on investing abroad...

However, in reality it will still take a while for our local stockbrokers to build their infrastructure and connections with foreign stockbrokers in providing us the trading/ investing services in foreign stocks. So we still have to wait...

Another red hot topic is REITs. Securities Commission had just issued new guidelines on REITs early this year. What is REITs and how it works? Read here on REITs...

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