2021 GMW Annual report

MALAYSIA GMW national coordinator: Financial Education Network Participating organisations: Central Bank of Malaysia, Securities Commission Malaysia, Credit Counselling and Debt Management Agency, Employees Provident Fund, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia Deposit Insurance Corporation, Permodalan Nasional Berhad, Arus Academy and FWD Takaful, RinggitPlus, Prudential Assurance Malaysia Berhad, HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad, Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad, Financial Industry Collective Outreach, Visa International, National Higher Education Fund Corporation, Malaysian Financial Planning Council, 42 higher learning institutions, 242 schools, World Assembly of Youth, all WAY members, national and regional youth councils; UOB Kay Hian Wealth Advisors, Smart Investor, Majalah Labur, RHB Asset Management, Maybank Asset Management, Management and Science University (MSU), Financial Planning Association of Malaysia, AKPK, UOB Kay Hian Securities S/B, University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM); Griffith University, Australia; Manulife Insurance Bhd, Great Eastern Takaful Bhd. Total number of participating organisations: 453 Number of children and young people reached directly: 20,969 Number of adults reached directly: 402,238 Number of people reached indirectly: 4,000,100 Throughout Global Money Week 2021, the Financial Education Network (FEN) members and partners conducted 69 initiatives mainly on digital platforms, complemented by traditional medium (i.e. TV). The total number of interactions achieved was about 3.5 million. The key projects included financial education talks, financial literacy quizzes, financial literacy video competition, edutainment videos, financial literacy lessons demo for teachers, social media postings to raise awareness on financial literacy, launch of financial literacy game and media articles. The main target segments during GMW 2021 include school children, teachers, parents, university students and adults.

Creative activities were used to raise awareness on good money management. For example, MyDuitStory Short Video Competition, a collective initiative by FEN. The Central Bank of Malaysia, Ministry of Higher Education, Credit Counselling and Debt Management Agency, National Film Development Corporation Malaysia and Financial Planning Association of Malaysia came together to raise awareness on the importance 102