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CEO’S MESSAGE

AND MANAGEMENT

DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT

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Bursa Malaysia •

Annual Report 2015

We also believe that the Malaysian market has a number of features

attractive to investors. For instance, Bursa Malaysia is a high dividend-

yielding market and is a largely low-Beta, defensive market supported by

domestic institutions that invest based on fundamentals. These features

make Bursa Malaysia particularly attractive during this time of volatility, as

does our excellent corporate governance track record.

Our immediate plans will also see us undertaking a number of initiatives to

enhance market participation, particularly from both domestic and foreign

funds. We aim to promote and profile selected sectors, industries and SMEs

to local funds through tailored seminars as well as to ethical investments in

line with our sustainability agenda to create a dynamic ecosystem for SRI

funds and investors. We will also conduct engagements with investors in

both traditional and non-traditional foreign markets to promote our PLCs.

We will also continue to improve our engagements with various SME bodies

while building on the various public and private platforms that support local

SMEs and the National Key Economic Areas (“NKEA”) agenda.

The Exchange also intends to follow through on its initiatives in the past

years to further strengthen sustainability in our marketplace. With the initial

framework in place, our next step is to seek greater participation from

the PLCs and we will conduct advocacy sessions for our PLCs’ Board of

Directors, CEOs and key management to provide greater guidance to them.

PROTECTING SHAREHOLDER VALUE

We would like to reiterate our commitment to protecting shareholder

value even during these times of adversity. The challenges confronting

our markets are not unassailable, and the infrastructures we have put in

place over the last few years will ensure that we continue to reward our

shareholders appropriately.

The journey that we have set for ourselves is a transformation over the

long term and we are thus far on track. While we concede that we may

have to make adjustments in confronting immediate risks, we are still well

on our way to becoming an HPO, complete with a diverse and resilient

marketplace with sustainability at its core.

APPRECIATION

Bursa Malaysia is today among the leading stock exchanges in the region

and we continue to lead the pack in key areas including Islamic finance and

on matters of sustainability. We must build on the momentum that we have

created for ourselves and leverage on our early successes to make us a

relevant source of value for all our stakeholders, both domestic and foreign.

On behalf of Bursa Malaysia’s Management, I would like to thank our

stakeholders who have supported and collaborated with us to help make

Bursa Malaysia what it is today. We would like to thank our staff who have

worked tirelessly and with complete dedication to realise the vision that we

have set for ourselves, and I would like to take this opportunity to remind

them that we are very close to reaching our goals.

Yet we must remain vigilant as the volatility of market conditions in the early

part of 2016 has shown us that economic conditions can change at any time,

and our strategy to further expand our presence will expose us to greater

risk scenarios. However, I believe that together, we will find no challenge

insurmountable and I hope that we will continue to receive the support of

our stakeholders as we embark on the final leg of our transformation into

becoming ASEAN’s Multinational Marketplace.

Datuk Seri Tajuddin Atan

Chief Executive Officer

THE DAY THE MARKETPLACE #run4others

The annual Bursa Bull Charge capital market charity run aims to

help those in the communities in which we operate to build for their

future. This is by way of financial support which can change lives

and empower people to be more productive members of society.

In addition, the Bursa Bull Charge is an occasion for Malaysian

organisations to come together and collectively promote the values of

inclusiveness and sustainability among the people in our community.

We held our second Bursa Bull Charge on 20 August 2015 which

raised RM1.8 million after drawing more than 1,800 runners from

179 organisations comprising Public Listed Companies, investment

banks, brokers, SMEs, government-related agencies, ministries and

regulators, who ran alongside celebrities, young executives, students

and members of the media. Our contribution is part and parcel of our

For more information about the Bursa

Bull Charge, please visit our website at

http://bursamarketplace.com/bullcharge

overall sustainability goals which seek to make us a positive force in

the communities who need it most.

Total contributions and number of participants in the second Bursa Bull

Charge exceeded our expectations, and we hope that this increasing

trend will continue.

THE ANNUAL BURSA

BULL CHARGE AIMS

TO HELP THOSE IN

THE COMMUNITIES IN

WHICH WE OPERATE

TO BUILD FOR THEIR

FUTURE