{"id":2480,"date":"2026-01-20T17:46:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/wptest\/2026\/01\/20\/affin-hwang-investment-bank-launches-retail-securities-borrowing-lending-for-investors\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T18:00:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:00:33","slug":"affin-hwang-investment-bank-launches-retail-securities-borrowing-lending-for-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/2026\/01\/20\/affin-hwang-investment-bank-launches-retail-securities-borrowing-lending-for-investors\/","title":{"rendered":"Affin Hwang Investment Bank Launches Retail Securities Borrowing & Lending for Investors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Affin Hwang Investment Bank Berhad, in collaboration with Bursa Malaysia Berhad launched its Securities Borrowing and Lending (SBL) for retail investors.,<\/span><\/p>\n

The launch enables retail investors to potentially gain more returns on their current investments.<\/span><\/p>\n

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. <\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

The launch not only embodies Bursa Malaysia\u2019s 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\u2019s efforts in boosting retail interest in the market. <\/span><\/p>\n

Affin Hwang Investment Bank\u2019s 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAffin 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. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe launch of this Retail SBL clearly demonstrates this commitment,\u201d said Affin Hwang Capital group managing director, Datuk Maimoonah Hussain. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRetail investors continue to play a significant role in the domestic capital market.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTherefore, Affin Hwang Investment Bank, in collaboration with Bursa Malaysia, are excited to offer this new product to the retail investors to potentially enhance their idle assets\u2019 performance,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs of December 2018, there were 1.87 million Retail accounts in our marketplace holding a portfolio worth RM137.3 billion. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPremised on this, investors can generate additional income through lending out their idle securities holdings in SBL transactions, and potentially increase the overall return from their investments,\u201d said Bursa Malaysia chief executive officer, Datuk Seri Tajuddin Atan. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to commend Affin Hwang Investment Bank for taking the initiative to venture into the retail SBL segment with the launch, which will encourage retail investors to join the institutional players in making use of this facility to enhance their returns from idle assets,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

Affin Hwang Investment Bank had initially rolled out Retail SBL through only three branches to its commissioned and salaried Dealer Representatives in Q3 2018, and have successfully loaned out RM8.5 million of retail clients\u2019 shares in less than two months in spite of the relatively slow market performance in Q4 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n

Affin Hwang Investment Bank targets to achieve RM50 million in securities lending book size in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Affin Hwang Investment Bank Berhad, in collaboration with Bursa Malaysia Berhad launched its Securities Borrowing and Lending (SBL) for retail investors., The launch enables 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4134,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480\/revisions\/4134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}