SGX plans to trade Chinese equity-index options

Singapore

THE Singapore Exchange (SGX), South-east Asia's biggest bourse, plans to start trading Chinese equity-index options as investors seek ways to hedge risks in the world's most volatile stock market.

SGX is in talks with the China Securities Regulatory Commission on when the Singapore bourse can introduce options on the FTSE China A50 Index, with approval likely to come after such products are introduced on the mainland, SGX president Muthukrishnan Ramaswami said in an interview.