Intern - RegCo, Fall (July to Dec 2025)

Job Summary

SGX (July - Dec 2025) Fall Internship Programme

We are Asia’s leading and trusted securities and derivatives market infrastructure, operating equity, fixed income, currency and commodity markets to the highest regulatory standards. We also operate a multi-asset sustainability platform, SGX FIRST or Future in Reshaping Sustainability Together (sgx.com/first).  

We are committed to facilitating economic growth in a sustainable manner leveraging our roles as a key player in the ecosystem, a business, regulator and listed company. With climate action as a key priority, we aim to be a leading sustainable and transition financing and trading hub offering trusted, quality, end-to-end products and solutions.

As Asia’s most international, multi-asset exchange, we provide listing, trading, clearing, settlement, depository and data services, with about 40% of listed companies and over 80% of listed bonds originating outside of Singapore. We are the world's most liquid international market for the benchmark equity indices of China, India, Japan and ASEAN. In foreign exchange, we are Asia's leading marketplace and most comprehensive service provider for global FX over-the-counter and futures participants. Headquartered in AAA-rated Singapore, we are globally recognised for our risk management and clearing capabilities. 

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. 

This internship programme is on a full-time basis. We invite you to realise your potential with us!

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

RegCo Internship Programme
We have roles open in:

• SPO
• Product Listing
• Sustainable Development Office

1) SPO

Brief Overview:

SPO’s remit is to improve RegCo’s effectiveness through a whole-of-Regulation approach.  Key activities include (i) horizon-scanning to detect and anticipate developing and incipient trends in the regulatory space, (ii) coordinating with other RegCo teams to identify and prioritise areas of focus, and facilitate the planning process that sets the basis for work planning and the development of roadmaps for the medium to long term, (iii) working alongside the communications team on public communications.

Learning Objectives:
The selected intern will learn how SGX’s regulatory arm reviews and develops regulatory policies to meet the needs of the market.  The selected intern will be exposed to different facets of SGX’s business and long term strategic initiatives as SPO works concurrently on multiple projects with various internal and external stakeholders.

Job Description:

Assist in: 

• Internal monitoring e.g. compiling and enhancing indicators of the health of our market, and developing follow-up actions to mitigate any areas of concern 
• Redesign and enhancement of Knowledge Management systems
• Researching developments in international and regional securities / derivatives markets, especially regulatory developments, and analyzing financial market trends (commercial and regulatory) 
• Studying specific market / regulatory incidents, e.g. meme trading, instances of alleged/potential market manipulation to understand their potential implications for SGX and develop policy recommendations
• Cross functional projects relating to sustainability and climate change 
• Preparing public communications (speeches, media releases)

Knowledge and Skills requirements:

• Must have good command of English
• Must have basic knowledge of financial markets
• Research and report writing skills
• Familiarity with Excel. Knowledge of S&P CapIQ is a plus.

2) Product Listing

Brief Overview:

The Product Listing team is responsible for managing various regulatory projects related to product initiatives including securities product listing applications and product listings in the derivatives market. The products under the team’s charge includes bonds, ETFs, structured products, futures and options.

The team works with business and regulatory units on regulatory assessments, including effectiveness of existing rules, and solutions for new product initiatives.

Learning Objectives:

• The intern monitors global regulatory developments relating to products and asset classes and considers their relevance and application to SGX.
• The intern will be exposed to the regulatory assessment process for new product initiatives, which includes analysing different product structures, identifying the problem, researching on precedents, jurisdictional comparisons, engaging with stakeholders, etc.

Job Description:

• Assist in research for practices in other jurisdictions 
• Monitor regulatory developments 
• Monitor product issuers’ ongoing compliance with regulatory requirements

Knowledge and Skills requirements:

• Must be able to distil key points for voluminous information
• Understanding of stock markets, securities products or derivatives
• Attention to detail
• Resourceful and able to work independently as required