SINGAPORE: Singapore Exchange (SGX) has welcomed the listing of Credit Bureau Asia Limited on its Mainboard under the stock code “TCU”. The scrip opened at S$1.15 today. Credit Bureau Asia provides credit and risk information solutions (“CRIS”) to an extensive client base across Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia and Myanmar. The Group has two core business segments…
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SGX wins Exchange of the Year at FOW Asia Capital Markets Awards
SINGAPORE: Singapore Exchange (SGX) has again won the “Exchange of the Year” accolade at the FOW Asia Capital Market Awards 2020 for its leadership in supporting clients with a pan-Asia waterfront of derivatives, amid heightened uncertainty in global markets. SGX’s focus on customer-first execution enabled market participants to manage risk round-the-clock, even as the spread…
SGX named Asia-Pacific Derivatives Exchange of the Year by GlobalCapital
SINGAPORE: Singapore Exchange (SGX) has been named “Asia-Pacific Derivatives Exchange of the Year” by GlobalCapital for a seventh consecutive year, underscoring its strengths in an especially challenging environment for market infrastructure. SGX demonstrated its role as a flight-to-quality marketplace as uncertainties over COVID-19 roiled global markets. Even during the early days of the pandemic, the…
SGX wins Best Exchange for FX at FX Markets e-FX Awards 2020
SINGAPORE: Singapore Exchange (SGX) has been named “Best Exchange for FX” at the FX Markets e-FX Awards 2020. The awards have been running for 18 years in recognition of the best-in-class in electronic FX trading globally. In 2018 and 2019, SGX won the “Best FX Exchange in Asia” and “Best FX Clearing House in Asia”…
SGX and Israel Securities Authority agree to cooperate to enhance investor protection for dual listings
SINGAPORE: Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) and the Israel Securities Authority (ISA), the national securities regulator, have agreed to cooperate to enhance protection for investors in issuers dual listed on Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE). The regulatory cooperation will enable SGX RegCo and ISA to exchange information, and enhance how both regulators…
SGX launching 13 futures in August and September, covering almost 100% of Asia’s GDP
SINGAPORE: Singapore Exchange (SGX) is significantly expanding its pan-Asia shelf of benchmark equity derivatives with a comprehensive series of Asia Ex-Japan and Emerging Markets (EM) Asia regional and single country futures. These are based on Net Total Return (NTR) and Price Return indices calculated by FTSE Russell. SGX serves global investors seeking trusted exposure to…
SGX reports market statistics for July 2020
SINGAPORE: Singapore Exchange (SGX) reported its July 2020 market statistics. Markets continued to be focused on the ongoing reopening of global economies and news of fresh waves of COVID-19 infections in some countries. Equity market activity remained higher than a year earlier but moderated from a strong June. Equity index futures trading was more active…
SGX proposes new enforcement framework, wants issuers to have whistleblowing policy
SINGAPORE: Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) is consulting the market on changes to the Listing Rules governing enforcement actions for greater and swifter accountability, and clarity, in the securities market. “We are also proposing that all issuers have in place a whistleblowing policy,” a news release said. The investing public can only continue to have…
SGX welcomes Singapore Paincare Holdings Limited to Catalist
SINGAPORE: Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomed Singapore Paincare Holdings Limited to its Catalist under the stock code “FRQ”. Singapore Paincare Holdings Limited opened at S$0.22 today. Singapore Paincare Holdings is a medical services group at the forefront of providing accessible pain care treatment in Singapore. It focuses on the treatment of patients suffering from chronic…
SGX to acquire remaining 80% stake in BidFX for $128 million
SINGAPORE: Singapore Exchange (SGX), Asia’s most international multi-asset exchange and largest FX derivatives marketplace, announced that it would acquire the remaining 80% stake in BidFX from its other shareholder(s) for a cash consideration of approximately US$128 million – a move that would expand SGX’s reach beyond FX futures into the global FX over-the-counter (OTC) market.…
SGX launches Singapore Single Stock Futures and signs MSCI Singapore licence agreement
SINGAPORE: Singapore Exchange (SGX) today announced that it will launch 10 Singapore Single Stock Futures (SSFs) on 15 June 2020, in response to growing client demand for a broader suite of Singapore-linked equities products. The list of underlying securities for the SSFs are Comfortdelgro, DBS, Genting, Keppel, OCBC, Singtel, Thai Beverage, UOB, Wilmar and Yangzijiang…
SGX to hold month-long webinar series on the current state of the global economy
SINGAPORE: Singapore Exchange (SGX) will be hosting Commodities Unplugged, a month-long webinar series from 18 May to 12 June, featuring commodities industry specialists and subject matter experts who will share independent and actionable insights on the current state of the global economy, what the post-pandemic world may look like and its impact and linkages between…