Listed in 2005, Bursa Malaysia Bhd (BMB) has established itself to be one of the largest bourses in Southeast Asia.

Its business model and function is similar to Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX), listed in Singapore. But, despite BMB being the smaller of the two, BMB has delivered better returns to its shareholders as compared to the SGX over the past 5 years. For instance, let us use January 2014 as our point of investment.

For every RM 100,000 invested into:

BMB:

– The value of your shareholdings would grow to RM 129,725.

– You would receive RM 32,294 in dividends.

– You would grow your capital to RM 162,019.

– Your capital has grown at CAGR of 10.13% a year from 2014 to 2018.

Source: Google Finance

SGX:

– The value of your shareholdings would grow to RM 118,581.

– The growth comes solely from the appreciation of SGD ...