Asean trading kicks off as Malaysia and Singapore hook up

Asean Exchange CEOs: Magnus Bocker of Singapore Exchange, Tajuddin Atan of Bursa Malaysia and Charamporn Jotikasthira of the Stock Exchange of Thailand

Malaysia and Singapore became the first two Asean countries to link their stock markets yesterday as part of the Asean Exchanges initiative, a collaboration between seven Southeast Asian bourses that was formed last April.