SGX

News and Notes – Fintech

Bonds, Digital Asset, DLT, HSBC, SGX, Singapore, Temasek

SGX’s digital asset issuance, depository and servicing platform was used to launch and settle in parallel, the first digital bond issuance for Olam International This marks the first step towards…

SGX Partners with Cassini Systems on UMR

August 26, 2020

Cassini, SGX, UMR

(SGX), the world’s largest and fastest-growing Asian foreign exchange (FX) futures marketplace, and Cassini Systems, the leading provider of pre- and post-trade margin and collateral analytics for derivatives markets, have…

SGX announces launch of Singapore Single Stock Futures and signs MSCI Singapore licence agreement

June 5, 2020

SGX, Single Stock Futures

10 Singapore single stock futures contracts will be launched on Monday, 15 June 2020 Signs licence agreement with MSCI for Singapore index products Singapore Exchange (SGX) announced that it will…

SGX enhances Securities Borrowing and Lending programme with introduction of variable rates

November 27, 2019

Securities Lending, SGX

Fixed rates to be replaced with competitive variable rates for over 450 securities With effect from 2 December 2019, Singapore Exchange (SGX) will replace the fixed rates for its Securities…

Capital markets blockchain weekly roundup

August 1, 2019

News and Notes – Fintech

AWS, blockchain, CBDC, crypto assets, crypto regulation, FCA, MAS, Project Ubin, settlement, SGX

Our weekly list of announcements about how capital markets and regulators are engaging with digital assets. Crypto fund Incrementum’s report compares Libra v XRP in global currency competition Corporations like…

SGX launches Total Return Futures: why Asia, why now and what’s next (Premium)

June 26, 2019

Derivatives, Total Return Futures

Asia, balance sheet trends, SGX, Singapore Exchange, topstory, Total Return Futures, Total Return Swaps

Singapore Exchange is first to launch a Total Return Futures product in Asia, following in the footsteps of CME in the US and Eurex in Europe. It’s based on the…

Fintech weekly deals and partnerships roundup

BNY Mellon and AcadiaSoft team up for non-cleared margin outsourcing Buy-side derivatives market participants are now able to fully outsource their entire non-cleared margin workflow, via the market’s first end-to-end…

SGX launches Total Return Futures on the Nikkei 225

April 8, 2019

SGX, Total Return Futures

Innovative listed derivatives, based on Nikkei 225 implied equity repo, offers risk-management solution that addresses Asia’s largest securities financing market SGX futurises another class of OTC derivatives to help clients…

Fintech weekly deals and partnerships roundup

Medici Ventures takes minority stake in blockchain banking platform Overstock announced its wholly-owned blockchain subsidiary, Medici Ventures, has purchased a 5.1% stake in Bankorus, a blockchain banking platform focused on…

Singapore’s central bank reports DLT project results and next steps

November 12, 2018

News and Notes – Fintech

DLT, DvP, MAS, Nasdaq, SGX

Singapore’s central bank, Monetary Authority of Singapore, released a report on the DvP-on-DLT project, which is an extension of Project Ubin seeking to achieve interledger connectivity and settlement finality for…

SGX proposes to enhance default management capabilities of derivatives and securities clearing

July 19, 2018

Singapore Exchange (“SGX”) is seeking public feedback on proposed amendments to the clearing rules of Singapore Exchange Derivatives Clearing Limited (“SGX-DC”) and the Central Depository (Pte) Limited (“CDP”) (the “SGX-DC…

Sourcing the right collateral increasingly a priority for financial industry in Asia

May 23, 2014

Every other delegate at fifth annual Global Securities Financing Conference Asia believes there will be a shortfall of collateral in the next 12 to 24 months * Clearstream and Singapore…

HKEx and SGX cooperate on RMB internationalisation and connectivity

December 5, 2013

HKEX, SGX