Foreign investors may soon apply online

Foreigners seeking to invest in Myanmar will soon be able to apply online, according to the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA). The planned digital portal aims to help investors stuck outside the country due to pandemic lockd

New stock exchange gains official approval

This week, Myanmar’s second stock exchange, which we already reported about, has been officially approved, with a planned launch before the end of the year. The new exchange will be a pre-listing board for companies that do not qualify for the
Myanmar to use US$1 billion loan for infrastructure projects

Myanmar and Korea make deal amid pandemic

Amid its second COVID-19 wave, Myanmar and South Korea have reaffirmed their commitment to mutual trade and relations. Speaking at a remotely-held conference of the Joint Commission for Trade and Industrial Cooperation, representatives from South Kor

New pre-listing stock exchange planned

A second stock exchange may soon arrive in Myanmar. The government plans to set up a pre-listing board for publicly traded companies that do not yet qualify for the Yangon Stock Exchange, U Maung Maung Win, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commis
Myanmar to open up Yangon stock exchange to foreign investments

Foreigners purchase 38,900 shares on YSX

Foreigners have purchased over 38,900 shares of companies listed on the Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX) during the three months since foreigners were allowed to make trades, state media reported. Of the six companies on the YSX bourse, three are open to

SEC predicts rapid recovery

Despite a trading downturn during the COVID-19 crisis, the Securities and Exchange Commission believes capital markets will make a swift recovery when the pandemic dies down. Speaking to the Bangkok Post, SEC commissioner U Htay Chun said his organiz