Phillip Capital's New Branch Launching at Taman Sutera Utama, Johor Bahru!

Tuesday 9 July 2013

Phillip Capital's New Branch Launching at Taman Sutera Utama, Johor Bahru!

First and foremost, my heartiest congratulations to Phillip Capital Malaysia for a successful launching of the new Phillip Capital branch at Taman Sutera Utama, Skudai, Johor! The Taman Sutera Utama branch is the second Phillip Capital outlet after first stepping foot on Johor back in 2012 and opening their first branch at Taman Molek Johor Bahru. As part of the Phillip Mutual's family of consultants, we were also given an invitation to witness the opening ceremony which was held on the 6th of July 2013.

I was told by the event organizing team that various key industry figures from the Derivatives Sector, Exchanges as well as the top management from Phillip Capital Malaysia and Singapore were present for this event. VIPs present on that day were:

Mr. Chong Kim Seng - CEO, Bursa Malaysia Derivatives
Dato Loh Liam Hiang - President of Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Managing Director of Multi Fiber Sdn. Bhd. & Pure Water Sdn. Bhd.
Mr. Lim Wah Tong - Executive Director Phillip Securities Private Limited, Singapore
Mr. Andy Lim Say Kiat - Managing Director of Phillip Capital Malaysia
Mr. Teyu Che Chern - CEO, Phillip Futures Private Limited, Singapore
Mr. Alex Poh - Singapore Exchange (SGX)
Mr. Henk Huitema - Eurex Exchange (EUREX)
Mr. Kelvin Wong - CME Group (CME)
Mr. Stefan Ulrich - New York Stock Exchange - Liffe (NYSE Liffe)
Mr. Joseph Koehnen - CQG

VIPs at the Phillip Capital, Taman Sutera Utama New Branch Opening Ceremony

SPEECHES

The event started off with an opening speech by Mr. Andy Lim, MD of Phillip Capital Malaysia. Key highlights of his speech were the achievements of Phillip Capital in Malaysia, thanking Bursa Malaysia Derivatives for their quick response in approving Futures Trading license for this Sutera Branch and lastly his appreciation for everyone whom were present for this ceremony.

Here is Mr. Andy's speech captured via my Samsung Tab 10.1:

Mr. Lim Wah Tong, Executive Director Phillip Securities Private Limited, Singapore was next to be invited. In his speech, Mr. Lim highlighted the importance of having a one stop financial center close to the neighborhood. The concept of financial center next to the neighborhood has been widely accepted and practiced in Singapore that he hopes that the same concept can also be replicated in Malaysia.

See Mr. Lim's full speech from the video below:

Last but certainly not the least, Mr. Chong Kim Seng, CEO of Bursa Malaysia Derivatives was invited to speak. Being a well articulated man, Mr. Chong certainly lived up to his position of Malaysia's Derivatives top gun as he delivered an inspirational speech about the future of high risk investing in Malaysia.

You can watch his entire speech below:

LAUNCHING CEREMONY
Once all the key speeches were over, next in line was the launching ceremony. Here's a short video recorded during the ribbon cutting ceremony.

Pictures:

VIPs with the twin lions

Lions preparing to enter the through the entrance

Bringing luck and prosperity to the new Branch

Once the launching ceremony ended, all guest were treated to a sumptuous buffet lunch and were given the freedom to network with each other. I had the opportunity to speak to Mr. Andy, whom shared his vision of unit trust and how Phillip Capital intends to bring unit trust investing closer to investors.

At the back looking busy

Mr. Andy and me

Another highlight for me is this:

A picture with Mr. Chong Kim Seng - CEO, Bursa Malaysia Derivatives

Lastly, kudos to the organizing team from the Phillip Capital, Johor Bahru whom made all the effort to ensure that the entire ceremony was organized and executed smoothly. Job well done!

SPECIAL PROMOTION

To celebrate the opening ceremony of Phillip Futures at Taman Sutera Utama, those who sign up futures account during (6^th July 2013 to 4^th October 2013), will be entitled to FREE first ten lots of trading commission.