Get the key takeaways of the Securities Commission Malaysia's (SC) Annual Report 2020 here.

• 11 offers to take companies private in 2020

• 67 capital market breaches reviewed in 2020

• Sharp rise in firms venturing into health-related businesses

• Islamic equities, bonds continued to lead in capital market

• Fewer corporate bonds and sukuk issuances in 2020

• More PRS pre-retirement withdrawals in 2020

• Low level of investor awareness for capital market product types, says SC

• Six enforcement actions taken by AOB against auditors, audit firms in 2020

• 13 companies benefit as regulator suspends PN17 and GN3 classification

• Investor complaints, enquiries jumped 70% in 2020 — SC

• ECF, P2P platforms saw big leap in capital raised

• Private equity and venture capital funding almost doubled to RM11.7b in 2020

• RM10b raised from Malaysian equity market in 2020, up 52% y-o-y

• 389 firms benefited from listing fee waivers in 2020

• RM600b market cap recouped on Bursa since global equity rout in March 2020

• Retail investors pumped in RM14.3b net to stock market in 2020

• Penny stocks below 50 sen are retail investors’ darling, says SC

• SC keeps a close eye on companies' disclosure on healthcare ventures

• SC's liberalisation of ECF, P2P financing platforms bolsters funding, up 43% y-o-y