A record RM8.1 bil raised via private placements in 2021
BASED on data compiled by The Edge, 175 companies — or 19% of the 923 companies listed on Bursa Malaysia’s Main Market and ACE Market — have successfully raised a total of RM8.1 billion from their private placements this year, the largest in Malaysia’s history. The private placements alone exceeded the total secondary fundraising of RM8 billion in 2020.