SINGAPORE EXCHANGE BROADENS ITS HORIZONS TRADING

摘要

For many exchange operators, a sluggish global initial public offering (IPO) market and regional slowdown in securities trading could spell serious trouble. For Singapore Exchange (SGX), however, the downturn in public equity markets only serves to validate its mission to become a truly multi-asset exchange within the next five to 10 years. It is a strategy SGX is pursuing wholeheartedly. Over a period of just 12 months, the south-east Asian bourse has launched the first electronic trading platform for Asian bonds, acquired the world's oldest freight trading exchange and kick-started the process to allow companies with dual-class share structures to go public.