During the global pandemic, the market experienced a surge in trading activity as share prices fell and market indices dipped and the samewas observed for Malaysia. As a result, brokers and investment banks benefited from the increased trading volumes and these benefitsflowed to the Group owing to its transaction based charging mechanism. The fact that the group’s customer base in Malaysia comprisessecurities companies that rank amongst the top 15 in Bursa Malaysia in terms of trade volume presented the Group with further advantage.