IPO Strategy
IPO Strategy is FINSOURCE’s flagship course—one of Malaysia’s few IPO courses backed by real success stories. Built on over 30 years of experience from a seasoned team, the course is delivered by expert mentors who break down complex listing concepts into simple, practical insights that entrepreneurs can easily grasp.
IPO Strategy equips entrepreneurs with hands-on, actionable knowledge about the listing process, helping them avoid common pitfalls. Its structured curriculum provides a clear strategic framework for IPO planning, guiding entrepreneurs step by step toward achieving their listing ambitions.
Seven Benefits of Listing
Easier Access to Capital
Structured Growth
Brand Recognition
Employee Benefits
Succession Planning
Exit Strategy
Wealth Creation
Ching Chee Pun Trainer
- Founder and Group Director, FINSOURCE GROUP
- Executive Chairman of SUNZEN GROUP BERHAD
- Chartered Accountant Malaysia, C.A. (M)
- President, Malaysian Society of Lecturers (MSA)
- 2022 Golden Connections Top 10 Entrepreneur Seed Impact Awards
- Specialised in business financing, corporate IPO preparation, M&A
- Up to 20 years of experience in education and corporate training
- Interviews with guests on state and private radio, television, and major newspapers
- Published three books: Corporate IPO, Corporate Capital, and Corporate IPO II.
Learning Objective
Overcome Listing Barriers
Understand the IPO Process Clearly
Design a Strategic IPO Roadmap
Build an Effective Talent Incentive System
Learn How to Operate a Public Company
Who is Suitable for Participation?
Entrepreneurs
Senior Management
Anyone Eager to Learn
Why choose Us?
Extensive Hands-On Experience
Simple and Practical Teaching Approach
Avoid Common Pitfalls
Structured Knowledge Framework
Drive Business Value Creation
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Offline Teaching Methods
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Say it’s easy, not easy, say it’s hard, not hard
- Belief: Believe first, see later
- Thinking: the thinking of a listed boss, is it ready?
- Method: Finsource gives method
- Decision: If you decide to do it, do it to the end
- Action: Behaviour determines results
Depth of thinking determines the pattern, the pattern determines the height of your life.
There’s no surefire way to go public, it’s all about getting the base right and making it bigger.
Listing is not only about capital raising and fund raising, but also about standardised development, branding, staff welfare, corporate heritage, exit guarantee and wealth appreciation.
That may be a downside, but we should focus more on the 7 benefits that come with going public.
After listing, you will not lose control/voice as long as you hold 51% of the shares.
Allocation of funds after listing and the use of the funds need to be approved by the shareholders.
There used to be such regulations, but in 2009, they were reduced from 30 per cent to 12.5 per cent.
Yes, saving tax may lead to bigger losses because the market value of the business is much higher than the amount saved by saving tax. In addition, there is a risk that the business may be investigated by the tax authorities and miss the opportunity to go public because of tax savings.
Owners no longer run public companies with the same mindset they use to run small and medium-sized businesses. Businesses that go public will have executives to help you manage things big and small.
The company ultimately decided not to go public due to reasons such as disclosure, equity dilution, and high audit lawyer fees. Although listing is not the only measure of corporate success, it is still a widely recognised symbol. As a result, many companies that are in a position to do so still go public.
Depends on the company’s needs and current situation. In fact, IPO and M&A are closely related. If the company has the ability to stand on its own, it is certainly recommended to have an IPO and then an M&A. In this way, the company will have more external capital to expand its business rapidly. Logo. Therefore, many companies that are in a position to do so still regard IPO as one of their goals.
When a company goes public (IPO), there is of course the situation of delisting. There are two main types of delisting, the first is Voluntary Delisting and the second is Mandatory Delisting.
Companies with diversified, innovative, technological, green and sustainable business models are favoured by Bursa and SC.
Once the listing requirements have been met, it’s always a good time and a good opportunity to go public, and that’s what we’ve always labelled ‘early’ meaning the earlier you go public, the better.
6 months prior to submission of application
All shareholders, including early stage investors such as PE/VC, who have held the company’s shares prior to listing
In fact, most of the shareholders will not easily sell their company’s shares even after the release period, but there are some cases where they will sell their shares for the following three main reasons:
-Need of cash, means some insiders or organisations may need to sell some shares to get cash, for example, a fund needs to be redeemed to return money to investors when it matures.
-Diversification of risk, where founders or some venture capital organisations may sell some shares to reduce the concentration of their own wealth in one company and thus reduce risk.
-Inside information, meaning that they may learn information about a company’s operations that the public market does not know, and may be inclined to sell shares if they believe the market price of the stock is too high.
Not necessarily required. If there is an ISO, this will be a plus for your business.
Listing does not require this
There are, one of the main ones is that the company’s accounts must be consolidated together for at least three full financial years before it can apply for listing in the fourth year.
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