CEO of Bursa Securities, Datuk Muhamad Umar Swift (5^th from left) and MD of DS Sigma, Ms. Lucille Teoh Soo Lien (5^th from right) together with the Chairman of Bursa Securities, Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Bin Omar on her left and CEO of PIVB, Mr. Lee Yo-Hunn (2^nd from right) as well as other Board of Directors of DS Sigma during its listing.

Public Investment Bank Berhad (PIVB) successfully listed its client DS Sigma Holdings Berhad (DS Sigma) on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad on 6 January 2023.

As the Principal Adviser, Sponsor, Sole Underwriter and Sole Placement Agent to DS Sigma, PIVB successfully helped DS Sigma raise RM50.15 million via the IPO exercise. DS Sigma has a market capitalisation of RM264.00 million upon its listing.

Shares of DS Sigma opened at a premium of 47% to its IPO price.

Public Investment Bank Berhad voted 2nd Runner-Up in Investment Banking Category

Ms. Lucille Teoh Soo Lien, MD of DS Sigma (4th from left) and Mr. Lee Yo-Hunn, CEO of PIVB (3rd from right) together with Board Members of DS Sigma

Public Investment Bank Berhad (PIVB) is the Principal Adviser, Sponsor, Sole Underwriter and Sole Placement Agent to DS Sigma Holdings Berhad (DS Sigma), an established packaging solutions provider with over 20 years of track record. On 13 December 2022, DS Sigma launched its Prospectus pursuant to its Initial Public Offering (IPO) exercise in conjunction with its listing on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (Bursa Securities).

The Prospectus was launched at the Pavilion Hotel Kuala Lumpur by the Managing Director of DS Sigma, Ms. Lucille Teoh Soo Lien and Mr. Lee Yo-Hunn, Chief Executive Officer of PIVB together with DS Sigma’s Board of Directors.

A total of 13,031 applications for 642.58 million new shares worth RM353.42mil were received from the public, representing an overall oversubscription of 25.77 times.

The prize presentation held at the Listing Gallery of Bursa Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on 30 November 2022, Mr. Lee Yo-Hunn, CEO of PIVB (back row, second from right) and Ms. Alyn Lim, DCEO of PIVB (front row, 2^nd from left) with the top three winners

PIVB sponsored and participated in Bursa Malaysia’s Inter-Varsity Stock Challenge 2022 (BISC), a 3 months virtual stock trading challenge which commenced on 8 August 2022 and ended 11 November 2022. BISC is designed to attract university students to build a portfolio of share investment with highest returns by deploying different investing principles and trading strategies.

The objective of BISC is to create investment and trading awareness among the university students by providing them with a simulated real-time trading environment to test their trading skills with virtual start-up capital of RM100,000 allocated to each team.

A total of 730 teams comprising of 1,185 university students had registered for the BISC 2022. PIVB Research team was assigned to mentor the participants from University Malaya and Tunku Abdul Rahman University College throughout the competition. The team had emerged the second runner-up of BISC 2022.

Public Investment Bank Berhad voted 2nd Runner-Up in Investment Banking Category 

Public Investment Bank Berhad (PIVB) had signed an Underwriting Agreement with DS Sigma Holdings Berhad (DS Sigma) on 3 November 2022 for its Initial Public Offering (IPO) in conjunction with its intended listing on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. DS Sigma is an established packaging solutions provider with over 20 years of track record.

DS Sigma is scheduled to be listed in early 2023.

PIVB is the Principal Adviser, Sponsor, Sole Underwriter and Sole Placement Agent for the IPO exercise.

Public Investment Bank Berhad (PIVB) completed its 1^st chain listing exercise by listing YX Precious Metals Bhd (YXPM), a subsidiary of Tomei Consolidated Berhad, on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad on 23 June 2022.

As the Principal Adviser, Sponsor, Sole Underwriter and Sole Placement Agent to YXPM, PIVB successfully helped YXPM raised RM31.26 million via the IPO exercise.

YXPM has a market capitalisation of RM104.20 million upon its listing and was also PIVB’s second ACE Market IPO.

Public Investment Bank Berhad (PIVB) listed its client SFP Tech Holdings Berhad (SFP Tech) on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad on 20 June 2022.

As the Principal Adviser, Sponsor, Sole Underwriter and Sole Placement Agent to SFP Tech, PIVB successfully helped SFP Tech raised RM62.23 million via the IPO exercise.

SFP Tech has a market capitalisation of RM240.00 million upon its listing and was PIVB’s first foray into the ACE Market IPO space.

Public Investment Bank Berhad (PIVB) is the Principal Adviser, Sponsor, Sole Underwriter and Sole Placement Agent to YX Precious Metals Bhd (YXPM), a wholesaler and manufacturer specialising in gold jewellery. On 30 May 2022, YXPM launched its Prospectus pursuant to its Initial Public Offering (IPO) exercise in conjunction with its listing on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (Bursa Securities). YXPM is currently a 100% owned subsidiary of Tomei Consolidated Berhad, a company listed on the Main Market of Bursa Securities.
 
The Prospectus was launched by the Independent Non-Executive Chairman of YXPM, Tan Sri Azlan Bin Mohd Zainol, Managing Director of YXPM, Ms. Ng Sheau Chyn and Mr. Lee Yo-Hunn, Chief Executive Officer of PIVB together with YXPM’s Board of Directors at the One World Hotel, Petaling Jaya.

Pursuant to the launch of YXPM’s prospectus, applications for the Public Issue are open from today and will close on 9 June 2022 at 5.00 p.m. YXPM is scheduled to be listed on the ACE Market of Bursa Securities on 23 June 2022.

Mr. Keoh Beng Huat, MD of SFP Tech (forth from left) and Mr. Lee Yo-Hunn, CEO of PIVB (third from right) together with Board Members of SFP Tech (from left to right) Ms. Chan Foong Ping, Dr. Chang Chee Jia, CEO of SFP Tech, Dato’ Hamzah bin Mohd Salleh, Dato’ Cheok Lay Leng and Ms. Yeoh Su Hui

Public Investment Bank Berhad (PIVB) is the Principal Adviser, Sponsor, Sole Underwriter and Sole Placement Agent to SFP Tech Holdings Berhad (SFP Tech), a one-stop integrated engineering and automation solutions provider. SFP had on 26 May 2022, launched its Prospectus pursuant to its Initial Public Offering (IPO) exercise in conjunction with its listing on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.
 
The Prospectus was launched at the Pavilion Hotel Kuala Lumpur by the Managing Director of SFP Tech, Mr. Keoh Beng Huat and Mr. Lee Yo-Hunn, Chief Executive Officer of PIVB together with SFP Tech’s Board of Directors.

Application for the public issue is open from 26 May 2022 and will close on 2 June 2022 while the Group is due to list on the ACE Market of Bursa Securities on 20 June 2022.

Ms Ng Sheau Chyn (left), YXPM Managing Director and Mr Lee Yo-Hunn (right), CEO of PIVB

Public Investment Bank Berhad (PIVB) had signed an Underwriting Agreement with YX Precious Metals Bhd (YXPM) on 21 April 2022 for its Initial Public Offering (IPO) in conjunction with its intended listing on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. YXPM is a wholesaler and manufacturer specialising in gold jewellery.

YXPM is scheduled to be listed in June 2022.

PIVB is the Principal Adviser, Sponsor, Sole Underwriter and Sole Placement Agent for the IPO exercise.

Mr Keoh Beng Huat (left), SFP Tech Managing Director and Mr Lee Yo-Hunn (right), CEO of PIVB

Public Investment Bank Berhad (PIVB) had signed an Underwriting Agreement with SFP Tech Holdings Berhad (SFP Tech) on 20 April 2022 for its Initial Public Offering (IPO) in conjunction with its intended listing on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. SFP Tech is a one-stop integrated engineering and automation solutions provider.

SFP Tech is scheduled to be listed in June 2022.

PIVB is the Principal Adviser, Sponsor, Sole Underwriter and Sole Placement Agent for the IPO exercise.

Ms Alyn Lim Geok Lian, the Deputy CEO of PIVB presenting the contribution to Ustaz Khairul Anuar bin Yahya, Pengetua of Sekolah Tahfiz Al-Habbah along with the students of Sekolah Tahfiz Al-Habbah

Public Investment Bank Berhad (PIVB) presented a cash contribution to Sekolah Tahfiz Al-Habbah on 13 April 2022 in conjunction with the month of Ramadan.

The school, located in Batu Caves, Selangor was established in 2009 aimed to provide protection, self- development, education and religious studies to students aged 6 to 15 years, and is currently housing about 100 Asnaf/Fakir (poor/needy).

Public Investment Bank Berhad (PIVB) was awarded the IFN Deal of the Year 2020 - Real Estate for its role as the Joint Lead Manager for the Sime Darby Property Berhad's RM800 Million ASEAN Sustainability SI Sukuk Musharakah.

The award was presented by the Islamic Finance News (IFN) on 30 March 2022 in a ceremony held at Diamond Ballroom, EQ Kuala Lumpur.

IFN is a digital, subscription based publication firm specialised in providing exclusive and comprehensive coverage of the global Islamic financial markets. The IFN Deals of the Year Awards was introduced in 2006 aimed to annually recognise financial institutions and intermediaries of the industry's most groundbreaking transactions.

In conjunction with The Asset Triple A Islamic Finance Awards 2021, Public Investment Bank Berhad(PIVB) was awarded the Best ASEAN Sustainability SRI Sukuk - Corporate for the Sime Darby Property Berhad’s issuance under RM800 Million ASEAN Sustainability SRI Sukuk Musharakah Programme.

The Asset Triple A Islamic Finance Awards are one of the industries' most prestigious awards among the fastest growing in the global finance. The awards recognize the best Islamic banks and houses, as well as the deals that defined the industry during the review period.

The Asset adopts a rigorous approach in selecting the best Islamic institutions and transactions in various countries. Point scores for both quantitative and qualitative
factors are combined to determine the winners.

For the Sime Darby Property RM800 Million ASEAN Sustainability SRI Sukuk Musharakah Programme, the RM150 Million tranche of the deal represents the first sustainability Sukuk globally based on the principle of Musharakah and it is the first
ASEAN sustainability SRI Sukuk by a real estate property developer, jointly managed by two other Investment Banks as Lead Managers.

As the largest ASEAN Sustainability SRI Sukuk issuance of 2020, to-date it surpassed RM100 Million sustainability Sukuk issued by Cagamas in October 2020. The issuance had also secured a final credit rating of AA+IS (stable outlook) by Malaysian Rating Corporation (MARC) despite the challenging condition facing the property sector.

The award presentation was held virtually on 15 September 2021 and aired live on TheAsset.com.

Mr Lee Siao Ping (right) receiving award from En. Azhar Mohd Zabidi, Director of Securities Markets, Bursa Malaysia Berhad (left)

Public Investment Bank (“PIVB”) had again won in the “Mirror, Learn & Trade” campaign (“MLT”) organised by Bursa Malaysia Berhad that aimed to attract investors, in particular the beginners among the millennials and university students.

With Phase 2 of the competition which ran from 1 June to 30 November 2020, PIVB’s Analyst, Mr. Lee Siao Ping emerged victorious from a pool of thirteen licensed investment analysts, representing various investment banks and stockbroking firms.

Mr. Lee secured the following accolades:
• Highest portfolio gain – with a final portfolio size of RM516,148 from an initial capital of RM100,000
• Highest engagement with followers – a total of 285 times either through message postings or responding to queries/comments
In addition to the two trophies won, Mr. Lee also walked away with total cash prize of RM4,200. The award presentation was held on 26 March 2021 at the Media Room of Bursa Malaysia Berhad.

MLT is an interactive digital platform on BursaMKTPLC to enable the public to follow experienced licensed investment advisers who will strategise and manage their individual virtual portfolios.

As part of the Corporate Social Responsibility initiative by Management and staff of Public Investment Bank Berhad (PIVB) to give back to the society and take part in philanthropic causes, food products and daily essentials including face masks and sanitisers were presented to Pusat Jagaan Warga Emas, Bait Al-Mawaddah in Shah Alam, Selangor on 28 August 2020.

The Home’s Manager, Puan Siti Norhayati bt Rabani received the contribution from Ms. Alyn Lim Geok Lian, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

Bait Al-Mawaddah was established in year 2014 by Lembaga Zakat Selangor to provide protection, supervision, rehabilitation and self-development to the elderly, and it currently houses 38 Asnaf Fakir (poor/needy).

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Ms. Alyn Lim Geok Lian (right) presenting the contribution to Puan Siti Norhayati bt Rabani on behalf of PIVB and staff. Also present was Puan Hamidah bte Kasim, the Head of Human Resource & Administration Division (far right).

Public Investment Bank Berhad (PIVB) was awarded 3rd place for the “Lead Manager Award 2019 (By Number of Issues)” by RAM Ratings Services Berhad in conjunction with its 17th Annual RAM League Awards.

Held on 16 July 2020, PIVB was represented by the Head of Debt Capital Markets Division, Mr. Wong Kok Keong.

The RAM League Awards ceremony is held annually in recognition of the most influential and outstanding financial institutions and organisations that are thought leaders, innovators and visionaries in the Malaysian bond and sukuk markets.

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Mr. Wong Kok Keong, (centre) Head of Debt Capital Markets, Public Investment Bank receiving the RAM Lead Manager Award 2019 - 3rd place from the Chairman of the RAM Ratings Services Berhad, Tan Sri Amirsham A Aziz (left) in the presence of RAM’s Group CEO / Executive Director, Mr. Chris W.K. Lee (right).

Public Investment Bank Berhad (PIVB) continued its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme during the COVID-19 pandemic with a visit to Rumah Kanak-Kanak Impian, Petaling Jaya on 15 April 2020.

Besides contributing packed lunch boxes, including fruits and vegetables to the home which housed underprivileged children aged between six to seventeen years old, PIVB also provided hand sanitisers and spray disinfectant which are not easily accessible during the Movement Control Order (MCO) to combat the spread of COVID-19.

The children were grateful and thanked PIVB for the contribution.

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Pn. Hamidah Kasim, Head of Human Resource & Administration Division of PIVB (left) presenting the contribution to Ms. Lee of Rumah Kanak Kanak Impian, Petaling Jaya, on behalf of PIVB and staff.

Public Investment Bank (PIVB) won prizes for several categories in the "Mirror, Learn & Trade" Phase 1 (MLT 1) organised by Bursa Malaysia Berhad.

Nine analysts from various investment banks participated in MLT Phase 1 which took place from 19 November 2019 to 19 May 2020. PIVB was represented by Mr. Chong Hoe Leong of the Research Division, who had performed well and achieved the following:

1st placing for the highest number of mirror trades (13,528)

2nd placing in the highest portfolio growth (143%)

3rd placing in the highest percentage of winning rate (64.3%)

4th placing in the highest engagement with investors category (48 posts)

Mr. Chong walked away with total winnings of RM9,500 in cash and trophies.

The MLT 1 is an interactive digital platform on Bursa Market Place that allows the investors to view and mirror a virtual stock portfolio of a Bursa-appointed licensed investment adviser. A first-of-its-kind virtual education programme in Malaysia, MLT 1 provides innovative ways of learning about the ins and outs of trading in the stock market.

Following the success of the MLT Phase 1, Bursa Malaysia continued with MLT Phase 2 which is on-going from 1 June to 30 November 2020.

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En. Mahdzir Othman, Director of Securities Market, Bursa Malaysia Berhad (right) presenting the prizes to Mr. Chong.