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

iShares China CNY Bond UCITS ETF / Equity Bottom-Up

iShares China CNY Bond UCITS ETF (CNYB NA)

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<li>A recent Morningstar study found expense ratios for fund investors (consisting of management fees and the continuing costs of owning fund units) have halved in two decades from 0.93% of the total amount invested in all funds in 2000, to 0.41% in 2020. </li>
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As many as 12 of Singapore-listed ETFs currently maintain expense ratios below 0.41%, with seven ETFs investing in fixed income markets with an average expense ratio of 0.26%, four ETFs investing in equities, with an average expense ratio of 0.22%, and the SPDR Gold ETF with a 0.40% management fee.
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Of the 12 ETFs, the three that have seen the highest inflows in the 2021 YTD include the ICBC CSOP FTSE Chinese Government Bond ETF, the ABF Singapore Bond Index Fund and the Nikko AM Singapore STI ETF, with combined inflows of S$480 million.  
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A recent Morningstar study found expense ratios for fund investors (consisting of management fees and the continuing costs of owning fund units) have halved in two decades from 0.93% of the total amount invested in all funds in 2000, to 0.41% in 2020. 

As many as 12 of Singapore-listed ETFs currently maintain expense ratios below 0.41%, with seven ETFs investing in fixed income markets with an average expense ratio of 0.26%, four ETFs investing in equities, with an average expense ratio of 0.22%, and the SPDR Gold ETF with a 0.40% management fee.


Of the 12 ETFs, the three that have seen the highest inflows in the 2021 YTD include the ICBC CSOP FTSE Chinese Government Bond ETF, the ABF Singapore Bond Index Fund and the Nikko AM Singapore STI ETF, with combined inflows of S$480 million.  



SG-Listed ETFs with Low Expense Ratios Make Up 80% of Combined AUM