ABOUT SINGAPORE EXCHANGE

Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) is Asia’s first demutualised and integrated securities and derivatives exchange. We provide integrated clearing and settlement services, as well as central depository facilities.

SGX offers companies and investors a comprehensive and efficient infrastructure for raising capital and achieving investment objectives within a trusted, transparent and efficient marketplace.

Foreign companies from over 20 countries, some from as far as Europe and North America, are listed on our exchange. With over one-third of the companies listed on SGX from overseas, SGX is a truly international exchange and listing hub representing a full spectrum of industries. Through a growing suite of products, SGX is also rapidly emerging as Asia’s offshore risk management centre.

For an efficient and well-regulated marketplace, SGX has established a robust regulatory framework, founded on a disclosure-based regime.

Our competitive advantages, together with our strategic alliances and partnerships with other exchanges around the world, firmly position SGX as your Asian Gateway.

MILESTONES

1999
Formation of SGX on 1 December 1999, following the merger of the Stock Exchange of Singapore and the Singapore International Monetary Exchange

2000
First exchange in the Asia-Pacific region to be listed via a public offer and a private placement. The SGX stock is a component of the benchmark MSCI Singapore Free Index and the Straits Times Index

2001
Introduction of SMARTS, a real-time market surveillance system

2002
Launch of the first local Exchange Traded Fund, the Straits Times Index Fund, and the
first listed business and industry property Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

2003
Development of the SGX Quotation and Execution System for Trading (SGX QUEST), the world’s first integrated trading engine for our securities and derivatives markets

2004
Extended our reach to existing and new derivatives customers around the world
following the launch of QUEST DT

2005
Partnership with the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) to form the Joint Asian Derivatives Exchange (JADE), an electronic commodity derivatives market

Launch of our FTSE/ASEAN Indices in partnership with the FTSE Group, Bursa Malaysia, Jakarta Stock Exchange, Philippine Stock Exchange and Stock Exchange of Thailand

2006
Launch of SGX AsiaClear^®, our over-the-counter clearing facility for oil and freight derivatives

2007
Acquired a 5% stake in Bombay Stock Exchange