Malaysia looking to authorise equity crowdfunding; regulator hosting a forum this Friday
16 Sep 2014: Suruhanjaya Sekuriti, the Malaysian Securities Commission, released a consultation paper back on 21 August on its proposed regime, which closed for comments on 5 September. As a follow up it is holding a Synergy & Crowdfunding Forum SCxSC on 19-20 September in conjunction with the Malaysian Business Angels Association to explore these issues further. Singapore platform Crowdonomic and Malaysian platform Pitchin will be conducting a half day workshop on crowdfunding as part of the event.