More young investors entering into Malaysian market

Bursa Malaysia CEO Datuk Seri Tajuddin Atan(insetpic) told StarBiz that the stock exchange conducted programmes targeting millennials at the university level to ensure they learnt the basics of investing at an early age.

PETALING JAYA: Younger investors are entering the market in larger numbers, with Bursa Malaysia revealing a 36% jump in the number of Central Depository System (CDS) account holders aged 25 years and below.

This age group was the fastest-growing band among CDS holders in 2016, with a total of 27,252 account holders as at Dec 30, 2016.