The Financial Services Professional Board (FSPB) launched the FSPB Professional Code for the Financial Services Industry (FSI) to instil core minimum standards of conduct, enhance confidence and promote sustainability across the sector by promoting a strong culture of professionalism.
It is in addition to the FSPB Code of Ethics (CoE), which was launched in January 2016 and outlines a set of five broad fundamental principles to which FSI institutions and individuals should also adhere to which are Competence, Integrity, Fairness, Confidentiality and Objectivity.
Bursa Malaysia Berhad successfully launched an enhanced US Dollar (USD) Denominated Refined, Bleached and Deodorised (RBD) Palm Olein Futures Contract (FPOL) to promote a more inclusive trading community on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives (BMD), in line with Bursa Malaysia’s aim to enhance product diversity in its trading sphere.
Its chief executive officer, Datuk Seri Tajuddin Atan said, “We are pleased to introduce the improved US Dollar Denominated FPOL as it provides more trading opportunities and flexibility to a wider group of investors, both domestic and foreign, who wish to explore commodity derivatives.
Former governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz, was awarded the William “Bill” Seidman Award for Lifetime Achievement in Leadership in the Financial Services Industry for 2018, at The Asian Banker Future of Finance Summit 2018 at Aman Summer Palace on 23rd May 2018.
The guest of honour at the Leadership Achievement Awards Ceremony and Dinner was Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, and was attended by about 100 top banking and financial industry executives from across Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa.
