Malaysia and Singapore became the first two Asean countries to link their stock markets yesterday as part of the Asean Exchanges initiative, a collaboration between seven Southeast Asian bourses that was formed last April.
Thailand is due to join them next month, it was announced at the launch in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, which will create a cross-border trading platform comprising nearly 2,300 listed companies with a market capitalisation of $1.4 trillion.
It is unclear when...