Singapore Exchange (SGX) - News, Articles & Research

Company announcement/markets

SGX partners Baton Systems to streamline collateral workflow

Singapore Exchange (SGX), Asia’s most international multi-asset exchange and largest FX derivatives marketplace, has integrated with Baton Systems (“Baton”), a provider of post-trade solutions for capital markets, to automate and standardize the end-to-end collateral workflow for its clients.

14 October 2020

Company announcement/crypto

SGX to introduce crypto indices

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is collaborating with UK-based cryptocurrency market data provider CryptoCompare, to launch crypto indices under the SGX iEdge index suite, namely the iEdge Bitcoin Index and iEdge Ethereum Index, as the first batch of such indices.

01 September 2020

News/markets

SGX issues first digital bond

Singapore Exchange (SGX), working together with HSBC Singapore and Temasek, has completed its first pilot digital bond issuance on behalf of Olam International.

01 September 2020

News

SGX to acquire BidFX

Singapore Exchange is to enter the over-the-counter FX market after acquiring the remaining 80% stake in BidFX from its other shareholders for a cash consideration of approximately $128 million.

29 June 2020

Company announcement/wealth

Syfe collaborates with SGX on S-Reit investment portfolio

Syfe, a digital wealth management company licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, in collaboration with Singapore Exchange (SGX), today launched a first-of-its-kind portfolio that allows everyone to easily invest in and track the SGX’s iEdge S-REIT 20 Index, one of the most popular indices of the Singapore stock market.

28 April 2020

Company announcement/markets

SGX to close The Central Depository (CDP) Customer Service Centre

To ensure public health and safety amid COVID-19, Singapore Exchange (SGX) will close The Central Depository (CDP) Customer Service Centre from 18 April 2020 until further notice.

17 April 2020

News

Banks and exchanges join document automation consortium

A consortium formed by legal firms to explore the use of a new automated document exchange standard for capital markets firms has held its second meeting with participation from a swathe of banks and stock exchanges.

28 January 2020

News/markets

SGX buys majority stake in index firm Scientific Beta

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is scaling up its Data, Connectivity and Indices (DCI) business through the acquisition of a 93% stake in Scientific Beta for EUR186 million in cash.

27 January 2020

Company announcement

SGX goes live with Nasdaq multi-matching trading engine

On June 3, Singapore Exchange (SGX) successfully went live with a new multi-matching trading engine via Nasdaq's (Nasdaq:NDAQ) Nasdaq Financial Framework for SGX's securities market.

12 July 2019

News

SGX to move blockchain platform to Amazon Web Services

The Singapore Exchange is to port its investments in Hyperledger Fabric to Amazon Web Services as the big tech giant unveils its cloud-based Managed Blockchain network.

01 May 2019

News

SGX strengthens forex biz with BidFX investment

Singapore Exchange (SGX) has paid US$25 million for a 20% stake in BidFX, a specialised trading platform for global FX markets.

27 March 2019

News

Swift combines with Asia Pacific institutions on DLT for proxy voting

Interbank payments network Swift is to run proof-of-concept trials of the use of distributed ledger technology for proxy voting in the Asia Pacific region.

06 March 2019