Intern - Equities, Securities (Fall - Jul to Dec 2025)

Job Summary

SGX Fall Internship Programme (Jul to Dec 2025, Full-Time only)

Singapore Exchange (SGX) 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 90% 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.
Do you have what it takes to be at the heart of the financial industry?

Be a part of this fast-paced world where your contributions count. SGX offers you the unique experience of gaining insights into the Exchange business and the finance value chain. You will be immersed in the respective specialist functions – at SGX, we believe that our interns are involved in real-time work from Day 1.

Note: Leave of Absence (LOA) may be required to take on the internship.

We have the following teams within the Equities team that are recruiting interns:

• Equities – Securities x 2
• Equities – Derivatives x 1
• Research x 1
• Research (ESG) x 1

Equities – Securities

This is a product management role in Securities Trading. The selected intern can learn about the market structure and drivers of the Securities cash and securitized products business by working with the product managers, learning the skills and knowledge necessary to become an integral member of the team.

He/She will be working alongside market professionals of the Markets - Securities Trading team to learn about the market structure and mechanics of the equities market portfolio through developing a strong understanding of the business drivers and requirements. The intern will therefore be involved in providing data analytics, quantitative and statistical analysis, and reporting of relevant market data on the suite of existing and newly launched products.
 

Work closely with product managers to:-

• Evaluate the competitive landscape and market trends of our product suite though the collation of data from public sources and data platforms like Bloomberg Terminal.
• Research and develop  ideas and strategies to drive trading activity for cash equities and securitized products
• Build and maintain dashboards on Tableau and Excel to monitor business performance. Maintain and document existing big data infrastructure.
• Generate in-depth product-specific insights via market research and data analysis.
• Create marketing materials and educational resources to increase client engagement.
• Support the new product lifecycle across development, launch and growth phases.
   

The incumbent should :-

• Possess intellectual curiosity for and knowledge of macroeconomics, financial markets and cash equities & derivatives instruments
• Demonstrate strong analytical and mathematical skills, with a proactive approach to finding solutions. 
• Excellent interpersonal skills plus good written and verbal communication skills in English
• Must be extremely detail-oriented, meticulous, but still possess the ability to multitask efficiently
• Must be proficient in Tableau and MS Office – Word, Excel, Powerpoint 
• Knowledge of statistical analysis and computer programming is an added advantage.  

Equities – Derivatives

Brief Overview:
The Equities – Derivatives Unit is one of the four operating segments under SGX Group with the rest being Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities; Equities – Cash; and Platforms and Others. The Unit is responsible for growing existing exchange-listed financial derivatives contracts revenue, liquidity and market share, as well as identifying and pursing opportunities to develop new revenue lines.

The team is the revenue owner of SGX’s flagship equity index derivatives business which covers well known products such as the Nikkei 225, Nifty 50, FTSE China A50, FTSE Taiwan, and MSCI Singapore futures contracts. The portfolio also includes products which are being groomed into the next flagship. Namely FTSE China H50, FTSE Blossom Japan and the MSCI Climate Action suite. Collectively, Equity – Derivatives contributes 27% of the FY2024 revenue. 

The selected intern will learn about the market structure and mechanics of our suite of equity derivatives through developing a strong understanding of the business drivers and requirements. 
He/she is expected to work alongside market professionals, learning the skills and knowledge necessary to become an integral member of our product management team and acquire hands-on experience in supporting the launch of new products during the internship period, if any. 

Job Description:

• Perform market sizing, market trend, and competitive research and analysis through the collation of data from public sources and data services like Bloomberg and Refinitiv.
• Create, maintain, and send internal management reports and presentations on product volumes, market share, profitability, client activity etc.
• Generate in-depth product-specific market research and marketing materials to educate sophisticated customers and drive trading activity.
• Assist in the launch of new listed equity derivatives products, across the entire exchange value-chain including business development, legal, compliance, regulatory, operations, technology etc.

Knowledge and Skill Requirements:

• Knowledge of macroeconomics, financial markets and derivative instruments
• Excellent interpersonal skills and written and verbal communication skills in English
• MUST be proficient in MS Office – Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• MUST be extremely detail oriented and meticulous and comfortable with large data sets 
• Experience in data analytics will be viewed favorably – knowledge in VBA preferred and Python, SQL advantageous 
• Possess intellectual curiosity and humility 
• Fast learner and pro-active
• Self-motivated
• Ability to work under pressure and multitask 

Research

Brief Overview:
The Research team in the Equities unit is responsible for research content generation on the Singapore equities market, distribution to engage investors and market participants, and developing/building the local research ecosystem.

What the intern can learn during the internship:

• Develop a good understanding of the local equities market and exchange business
• Analyse company and financial information, data analytics, sectors and economic trends
• Cultivate research skills such as writing reports and presentations/communication skills
• Opportunity to interact with management from listed companies and learn to ask the right questions/interview
• Interact with various internal business units and external stakeholders

Job Description:

• Assist the research team in data preparation/analysis, compiling, writing and presenting research information in reports/presentations
• Preparation of market updates, investment-related reports, newsletters, presentation decks
• Content distribution across various retail and institutional platforms (e.g. Bloomberg, Factset) and uploading of reports to the Research webpage
• Maintain databases of industry/economic data
• Analyse and assist team in internal tracking statistics, and manage distribution platforms
• Bring a highly valued fresh perspective to our team and will be encouraged to openly communicate and contribute to content direction and discussions
• Assist the research team on specific research projects

Knowledge and Skill Requirements:

• Attention to detail
• Analytical skills
• Strong communication skills; good command of English (Mandarin would be an added bonus)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
• Knowledge of investing and the stock market

Research (ESG)

Brief Overview:
The Research team in the Equities unit is responsible for research content generation on the Singapore equities market, distribution to engage investors and market participants, and developing/building the local research ecosystem.
Aside to content generation, the Research team is also responsible for the newly launched SGX ESG Disclosure Platform and SGX Core ESG Metrics which will support companies in their ESG disclosure journey by enabling companies to report metrics aligned with global standards and frameworks and ensuring regulatory compliance that meets investor needs for consistent and comparable ESG data.
 

What the intern can learn during the internship:

• Develop a good understanding of the local equities market, exchange business, and ESG disclosure and reporting landscape
• Exposure to project management in ESG projects, project implementation and driving adoption of the use of the platform
• Opportunities to interact with management from listed companies and participate in capability building activities within the ESG ecosystem (e.g. training and support for stakeholders, outreach and education initiatives)
• Where the intern is also keen for exposure on Equities Research, exposure on company analysis and financial information, data analytics, sectors and economic trends. Cultivate research skills such as writing reports and presentations/communication skills
• Interact with various internal business units and external stakeholders

Job Description:

• Support the team in ESG project management, driving implementation and adoption of the ESG Disclosure Platform, realizing downstream activities and KPIs.
• Work with the team on ESG capability building for the broader Singapore market through marketing, outreach and education initiatives.
• Organize events, webinars, forums for the ecosystem to promote the use of the platform and ESG metrics• Creation of insights and dashboards for analytics
• With exposure to Equities Research as well, the intern will have opportunities to work with the research team data preparation/analysis, compiling, writing research reports and presenting research information in reports/presentations.
• Bring a highly valued fresh perspective to our team and will be encouraged to openly communicate and contribute to discussions.
• Assist the research team on specific ESG and/or research projects.

Knowledge and Skill Requirements:

• Attention to detail
• Strong communication and analytical skills; good command of English (Mandarin would be an added bonus)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
• Keen interest and has actively participated in ESG projects/initiatives
• Knowledge of investing and the stock market