Notice: Temporary Maintenance of HLIB Online Trading

Pursuant to regulatory advice, HLIB online trading will be temporarily unavailable while we carry out necessary maintenance services as part of our commitment towards the principles of upholding market integrity and safeguarding investor interest.

Clients are advised to contact their respective remisier or dealer’s representative to place trading orders during this period.

Please also note that in accordance with the guidance received, all Good-Till-Date (GTD) orders placed on or before 10 March 2026 to Bursa Malaysia will be cancelled.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused and appreciate your kind understanding.

We will update accordingly when there are further developments.

Thank you for your understanding.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): Several stock brokerages suffered trading platform disruptions lasting days in the latest broad incident affecting the Malaysian stock market.

The brokerages affected included UOB Kay Hian, Phillip Capital, and Hong Leong Investment Bank, which have all informed their clients about the disruption, according to multiple people familiar with the situation. Some, however, have since restored their services.

“The issue is actually at the trading platform vendor,” one of the people told The Edge. “We are not the only ones in town affected but it’s certainly creating issues for our reputation.”

The disruptions come less than a year after a hacking incident involving multiple stock trading accounts across several brokers. The April 2025 episode prompted a series of initiatives to boost cybersecurity in the stockbroking industry.

Improvements outlined in a recommendation paper developed as part of the industry’s collective response to the unauthorised trades incident include responsibility for brokers to “exercise effective oversight over their third-party technology service providers”.

Hong Leong Investment Bank told clients that its HLeBroking platform will be unavailable for “necessary maintenance services” in a memo dated March 11 and advised clients to contact their remisiers and dealers to manually place trading orders.

Phillip Capital also sent a notice on March 11 that its Phillip Trade and POEMS website and mobile applications were not working due to “unforeseen circumstances”.

UOB Kay Hian, meanwhile, suspended trading over two days last week as a “preventive security measure” to safeguard client accounts, cash balances, and shareholdings but has since restored service after mandating password change for all clients.

券商爆网络安全事故　交易所严正看待
（吉隆坡12日讯）针对证券交易平台发生网络安全事件，大马交易所（BURSA，1818，主板金融股）表示，该事件受控且市场完整性完好无损，所有交易与市场运作维持正常。大马交易所发文告指出，接获数家股票经纪商的通知，指其系统组件遭遇网络安全事件。“受影响的经纪商已透过立即隔离相关组件并执行其内部应变控制措施。”

该公司续指，这些事件仅局限于受影响经纪商的各自系统，对其网络、平台或基础设施均无任何影响。

同时，交易所强调，高度重视所有网络安全事件，并保持最高层级的警戒。

“在接获通报后，我们立即启动了既定的网络安全应变机制，并与受影响的经纪商密切协调，以确保事件得到快速控制与修复。”

将进行全面鉴识调查

相关经纪商目前正进行全面的数码鉴识调查，并将透过交易所的监管管道提交报告，而目前无证据显示存在任何未经授权的交易活动或财务损失。

“作为预防措施，我们已指示所有经纪商及指定供应商对其系统进行全面筛查。”

该公司还说，将密切监测局势，并采取一切必要措施，以保护市场免受不断演变的网络安全威胁。