Editorial standards

What this content is — and is not

Everything published on this website is intended to explain how share-backed financing on Bursa Malaysia works, in plain language, for shareholders and their advisers. It is general information and educational in nature. It is not personalised legal, tax, accounting, Shariah, or investment advice, and it does not take account of your particular circumstances, objectives, or holdings. Nothing on the site is an offer, invitation, solicitation, or recommendation to enter into any transaction. Before acting, you should take your own independent professional advice; where a transaction is contemplated, we expect the client's own Malaysian legal counsel to be engaged in parallel. This is set out more fully in our disclosures.

How we source regulatory statements

Where we describe a rule, a threshold, or a statutory regime, we base it on the relevant official source — the primary legislation, or the published rules and guidance of the responsible Malaysian authority — rather than on secondary commentary. Because the rules change and are applied to specific facts, we describe the framework at a general level and defer the application to your own counsel. The principal sources we rely on for the Malaysian market are:

• Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) — the statutory regulator of the Malaysian capital market, and, through its Shariah Advisory Council (SAC), the source of the list of Shariah-compliant securities: www.sc.com.my.
• Bursa Malaysia — the exchange and its listing and trading rules, and, through Bursa Malaysia Depository, the central depository and CDS: www.bursamalaysia.com.
• Capital Markets and Services Act 2007 (CMSA), the Companies Act 2016 (including the 5% substantial-shareholder notification regime), and the Malaysian Code on Take-Overs and Mergers 2016 — the primary legislation and code, as published by the Attorney General's Chambers / Federal legislation portal: lom.agc.gov.my.
• Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA) — referenced in our privacy notice.

Links to third-party sites are provided for reference only; we do not control them and are not responsible for their content. If official rules and this website ever disagree, the official source governs.

How we handle figures

Financial figures on this site — loan-to-value (LTV) ranges, typical tenors, minimum transaction sizes, and timelines — are indicative and illustrative. They describe general expectations for the kind of transaction we arrange; they are not quotes, and they are not binding until set out in definitive, executed documentation. An indicative LTV, for example, is only ever issued after review of an actual holding, because it turns on that counter's liquidity, volatility, free float, and concentration. We deliberately present such figures as ranges rather than single headline numbers, and we review them for internal consistency across pages so that the same term is described the same way throughout. Where an example uses numbers, it is a worked illustration, not a representation about any specific position.

Our role — arranger and introducer

Malaysia Stock Loans is a private platform that acts as an arranger and introducer of share-backed financing and related transactions secured by Bursa Malaysia–listed equity. We structure transactions and convene the parties needed to complete them. Any activity that requires a licence, registration, or authorisation — lending, dealing in or advising on securities, custody, fund management, or the provision of legal or Shariah advice — is carried out through, or together with, appropriately licensed or authorised entities, and not by the firm itself. We write about these matters from the perspective of a practitioner who arranges transactions, not as a regulator, law firm, or Shariah authority. Our about page describes the firm and its posture in more detail.

Who writes this content

Articles and insights are researched and written by the firm's principals and published under their names — Lim Wei Keat (Founder & Managing Principal) and Tan Hui Ling (Co-Founder & Principal); their backgrounds are set out on the team page. Explanatory and reference pages are published in the name of the firm. Bylines reflect who wrote or leads a piece; they are not a claim of any external qualification beyond what is stated on the relevant profile. We do not operate a third-party editorial board, and we make no claim to any certification, accreditation, award, ranking, or independent review that we do not hold. We would rather say less and have it be true.

Review and correction

Before publication, content is checked by a principal for accuracy against the sources above and for consistency with the rest of the site. Because markets, rules, and the SC Shariah Advisory Council list change over time, pages carry a publication and last-updated date in their underlying data, and we update material when we become aware that it has fallen out of step. We do not claim a fixed review cycle or any assurance we do not actually perform; when we learn of an error, we fix it and, where it is material, note that the page has been updated.

Reporting an inaccuracy

If you believe anything on this website is inaccurate, misleading, or out of date, we want to know. Email enquiries@malaysiastockloans.com with the page and, if you can, the specific statement and the source you think is correct. A principal will review it and respond, and correct the page where the point is well founded. You can also reach us through the contact page. Reporting an inaccuracy creates no obligation and is treated in confidence.

The business identity, address, and personnel described on this website are presented for illustration of the platform and do not constitute, and should not be relied upon as, verified particulars of a regulated entity. Content is provided "as is" and does not replace definitive documentation or professional advice.