SGX has rolled out US-dollar-settled contracts referencing FTSE’s liquidity-screened benchmark series covering India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand.
Singapore Exchange Group (SGX Group) has announced the introduction of a new Asia Pacific Government Bond Futures suite, set to begin trading on 20 April. The contracts will reference a recently launched FTSE Russell benchmark series. SGX said the futures are the first exchange-listed regional government bonds to be quoted on SGX. The contracts will be margined and settled in US dollars and will offer three maturities (three-, five- and 10-year) mirroring the structure of the FTSE Asia Pacific