Maybank Kim Eng is a wholly owned subsidiary of Maybank,[2] with operations in 11 markets – Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, India, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Great Britain and the United States of America.

In 1993, Kim Eng started operating in the Philippines and in 1998, opened in Thailand as a fully licensed securities company.

A Joint Venture with Heritage Trust Group was also entered into in 2002 and a strategic alliance with Mitsubishi UFG Securities was formed in 2008.

The series kicked off in Malaysia on 12 February 2015 with over 1,000 economic and trade policy makers, as well as leading drivers of the 10 capital markets, CEOs from over 280 Malaysian and ASEAN-based private and public listed companies, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), and more than 60 institutional fund managers and brokers present.

[10] Principal cultural figures and artists at the event included Goenawan Mohamed, Farish A. Noor, Agnes Arellano, Anocha Suwichakornpong, Geraldine Kang, Kanakan Balintagos, Avianti Armand, Nadiah Bamadhaj, Pichet Klunchun, Lai Chee Kien and Latiff Mohidin.