Malaysia

Why Malaysia?

Strategically located in the heart of Southeast Asia, Malaysia is a gateway to a regional market of more than 600 million people. The country is a politically stable democracy with a robust economy and many pro-business policies, including tax breaks.

With excellent infrastructure, a productive and multi-lingual workforce and attractive incentives for investors, Malaysia is a cost-competitive location for manufacturing, particularly advance technology manufacturing.

The government actively encourages foreign investment as part of its plan to achieve developed nation status by 2020. The business-friendly environment has already attracted more than 5,000 foreign companies from 40 countries to set up operations in Malaysia.

The country has a well-developed banking and financial services sector and is internationally recognised as an Islamic finance centre. Malaysia also has a dynamic halal industry.

Malaysia also offers convenience for business dealings throughout the region, operating on the same time zone as most Asian cities.

Our core areas of expertise

TMF Group Malaysia provides a full range of corporate services to help clients reduce risks, achieve compliance, control costs and simplify operations.

Our Malaysia team provides payroll, corporate secretarial, trustee and fund services and are familiar with every aspect of global-standard accounting. Our team is experienced with business structures, including special purpose vehicles (SPVs).

About TMF Group Malaysia office

TMF Group Malaysia was established in 2003 after obtaining a domestic trust licence under the Trust Companies Act 1949 and approval from the Securities Commission Malaysia to act as Trustees for Private Debt Securities issuance and Unit Trust funds.

TMF Group operates three offices within Malaysia. Our teams in Kuala Lumpur and Penang specialise in accounting, payroll, corporate secretarial, trustee and fund services, special purpose vehicle services and process agent services.

We also operate an office in Labuan with particular expertise in asset management, trustee and fund services, and corporate structures.

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