The recently concluded “Rethink Retail” forum that was conducted by Bursa Malaysia successfully brought together some of the nation’s key financial players, and highlighted several important statistics that need to be rectified in order to make the younger generation consider the stock market industry more seriously in the future.
Bursa Malaysia’s immediate attention lies in re-creating its image to cater for the future of the Malaysian stock market, which means for those below 25 years old (which encompasses 67% of the Malaysian population). Statistics clearly show that if the youth market is to be successfully tapped, the only way of doing it is through the Internet. (more…)