SGX eyes bigger share of Asian bond trading amid IPO slump
Singapore
SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) is seeking to capture a larger slice of secondary trading of foreign-currency bonds from Asian issuers to augment revenue as it endures a multi-year slump in initial public offerings.
The bourse is recruiting more participants to its bond trading venue since its launch in December, Tsai Li Renn, head of fixed-income trading, said in an interview. There are about US$10.8 trillion worth of notes outstanding denominated in the US dollar, euro and yen issued by companies and governments in the Asia-Pacific region, according to Bloomberg data.
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