Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Singapore Exchange is Asia’s leading and trusted market infrastructure, facilitating the exchange of capital and ideas to create value for people, businesses and economies. As a multi-asset exchange operating equity, fixed income and derivatives markets to the highest regulatory standards, SGX is a vertically integrated business that provides listing, trading, clearing, settlement, depository and data services.

With about 40% of listed companies and over 80% of listed bonds originating outside of Singapore as well as established linkages across the region and in Europe, SGX is Asia’s most international and connected exchange. Offering a full suite of derivatives products across Asian equity indices, commodities and currencies, SGX is the world’s most liquid international market for the benchmark equity indices of China, India, Japan and ASEAN.

As Asia’s pioneering central counterparty, SGX is globally recognised for its risk management and clearing capabilities, and was one of the first globally to adopt the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructure.

Headquartered in AAA-rated Singapore, SGX has over 800 employees including offices in Beijing, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, New York, Mumbai, San Francisco, Shanghai and Tokyo.

Asia’s leading multi-asset exchange

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income, Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Geoff Howie

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>With an initial AUM of US$426 million (S$580 million), the iShares MSCI Asia ex Japan Climate Action ETF commenced trading today, marking the largest equities ETF at launch on SGX with Prudential as its key anchor investor.</li><li>The iShares MSCI Asia ex-Japan Climate Action ETF offers investors access to companies that are deemed to be better positioned for the transition to a low-carbon economy.</li><li>Of the 605 MSCI Asia ex Japan Climate Action Index constituents, its top 10 constituents represent roughly 28% of the total market capitalization, based on total shares in issue of the underlying index as at 31 August 2023.</li></ul>

With an initial AUM of US$426 million (S$580 million), the iShares MSCI Asia ex Japan Climate Action ETF commenced trading today, marking the largest equities ETF at launch on SGX with Prudential as its key anchor investor.The iShares MSCI Asia ex-Japan Climate Action ETF offers investors access to companies that are deemed to be better positioned for the transition to a low-carbon economy.Of the 605 MSCI Asia ex Japan Climate Action Index constituents, its top 10 constituents represent roughly 28% of the total market capitalization, based on total shares in issue of the underlying index as at 31 August 2023.

MSCI Asia Climate ETF Debuts as Green Investment Gains Momentum

Prudential PLC

MSCI Asia Climate ETF Debuts as Green Investment Gains Momentum