Maybank

Kuala Lumpur, 22 April 2022 - Maybank Investment Bank has launched its official Telegram channel named ‘Trade with Maybank’ to bring bite-sized stock market-related content to the investing community in a timely fashion.

Investors and traders can benefit from first-hand trading ideas, research material, technical and fundamental analyses and educational pieces that are specially curated by subject matter experts of Maybank Investment Bank.

Subscribers will also receive invitations to webinars and events conducted by Maybank Investment Bank as well as market news and announcements such as new structured warrant listings and fresh initial public offerings.

Azzahir Azhar, Head, Investment Management, Maybank Investment Bank, said: “We have seen growing retail participation in the local equity markets and natural demand for more sophisticated products as they look to diversify their portfolios and better capture market opportunities.”

Reflecting this trend, Maybank Investment Bank’s warrant issuances almost doubled from 107 in 2019 to 204 in 2021. For the full year 2021, Maybank Investment Bank was the number one structured warrant issuer in Malaysia with average market share of 24% based on units of warrants outstanding.

“We successfully pivoted to virtual engagements during the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to look for ways to stay connected with our clients and the investing community. With this Telegram channel, we aim to bring them high quality, actionable ideas. As a responsible capital market participant, we are also committed to proactively educating investors to help them on their investing journey,” he added.

‘Trade with Maybank’ on Telegram has garnered more than 3,700 subscribers within the first week of its launch. Click here to join: https://t.me/TradewithMaybank. 

Investors are reminded to beware of investment scams and to always validate sources of information.