INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INVESTSMART STOCK MARKET SEMINAR FOR RETAIL INVESTORS (28.3.2015)

Dear Sir/Madam

INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INVESTSMART ROADSHOW SERIES: STOCK MARKET AND UNIT TRUST SEMINAR FOR RETAIL INVESTORS

The Securities Industry Development Corporation (SIDC) is the training and development arm of the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) and the leading capital markets education, training and information resource provider in ASEAN.

For your information, the SC recently launched the InvestSmart initiative on June 19, 2014. It is an initiative to empower investors and make them capable of making intelligent and informed investment decisions. For retail investors, the “InvestSmart Roadshow Series" is one of the programmes under this initiative. This seminar aims to develop interest and increase investor sophistication in stock market and unit trust investing.

The details of the seminar(s) are as follows:

Title	:	STOCK MARKET INVESTING FOR THE FIRST TIME INVESTOR
Category	:	Stock Market Seminar
Level	:	Beginner/ Refresher
Speaker	:	Faizal Yusup
Date	:	28 March 2015 (Saturday)
Location	:	Mutiara Hotel, Johor Bahru
Time	:	9.00 am to 1.00 pm

By the end of this seminar, participants will be able to identify the fundamentals of investing such as:

· identify the Capital Market products available in Malaysia;

· define the key principles of investing in Bursa Malaysia;

· apply fundamental skills to invest in new IPO’s in the primary market;

· apply various investment strategies in the secondary market;

· explain about various investment products in Bursa Malaysia; and

· build their own equity investment portfolio.

For your information, this seminar is FREE and refreshments will be provided. This seminar will be conducted in English and is targeted at potential and existing unit trust/ PRS/ stock market investors. The participants will also receive a certificate of participation and a souvenir.

Therefore, we seek your kind cooperation in registering and/ or nominating participants for this seminar. The seminar is limited to the first 100 participants only. To confirm your participation, please complete and submit the registration form attached and email it to farithM@sidc.com.my. You may also register via our online application form at www.investsmartsc.my. Please take note that the closing date for registration is Friday, 20 March 2015.

For further information, please contact Mohamed Farith Mohamed Jamal at 03-6204 8471 or Zulkarnain Zulkifli at 03-6204 8575.

Thank you and best regards.

MOHAMED FARITH MOHAMED JAMAL

Senior Executive, Investor Education Department

Securities Industry Development Corporation (SIDC)

No. 3, Persiaran Bukit Kiara, Bukit Kiara, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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