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SGX new boss sets his sights on bringing in big IPOs

But it's still no lunch break for remisiers; trading has to be continuous, he says

Anita Gabriel

Anita Gabriel

Published Wed, Jul 29, 2015 · 09:50 PM

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    Singapore

    THE newly-installed chief executive of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) Loh Boon Chye, who has actively touched base with market participants, including remisiers, in the three weeks since he took office, has announced that the key sore point among remisiers - their non-existent lunch break - is not coming back.

    It was his predecessor Magnus Bocker who scrapped the 90-minute mid-day break, and Mr Loh indicated on Wednesday that he had good reason to keep it scrapped:

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