SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) has launched a new online stock information portal as it steps up its courtship of retail investors amid weak market liquidity.

The StockFacts product allows investors to screen for stocks based on 20 different criteria, including market capitalisation and revenue. The product will also incorporate information from S&P Capital IQ that had previously been difficult to access for retail investors, such as analysts' consensus estimates and recommendations.

"Before StockFacts was launched, investors who wanted to do research on SGX-listed companies had to use various different sources of varying credibility to access the information," said SGX head of retail investors Lynn Gaspar. "This was a gap that we identified through retail investor feedback."