Malaysia Sustainable Finance Initiative

The Malaysian Sustainable Finance Initiative (MSFI) is an initiative under Capital Markets Malaysia (CMM) to support the Malaysian financial sector in further embracing the tenets of sustainable financing. MSFI involves support from various Associations of industry players from banking, insurance, investment banking, Islamic banking and private market stakeholders namely digital fund raising platforms, private equity and venture capital segment.

The objective of this Initiative is to provide the necessary impetus for industry stakeholders to facilitate capacity building, upskilling, awareness and thought leadership on sustainable finance.

This Initiative will lay the essential foundation for long term needs of the economy and the financial system. This Centre of Excellence would be supporting market development by way of the following three activities:

• Conducting forums and meetings to increase awareness and facilitate sustainable/green finance conversations with leading actors;
• Organising capacity development workshops; and
• Providing a knowledge platform for sharing best practices, initiatives, case studies, and emerging opportunities.