Intern - RegCo, Spring (Jan to June 2025)

Job Summary

SGX (Jan - June 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 and runs from Jan – June 2025. 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
• LPPA
• 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) LPPA

Brief Overview:

• The Listing Policy & Product Admission team develops the regulatory listing policy of SGX and manages the SGX Listing Manual
• The team responds to public consultations relating to listing policy conducted by public authorities and international organizations. On an on-going basis, we engage with stakeholders to gather feedback useful to the formulation of rules and policies.
• The team is also responsible for reviewing and approving new listing applications for debt securities, exchange-traded funds, non-traded investment funds and structured warrants listed on SGX.

Learning Objectives:

• The intern will be exposed to the process of making rule amendments, from identifying the problem, researching on precedents, defining policy intent, jurisdictional comparisons, engaging with stakeholders, etc.
• The intern will also create and maintain databases for the purposes of policy analysis.

Job Description:

• Assist in research for practices in other jurisdictions.
• Design and develop repository to record policy decisions taken by Listing Policy & Product Admission

Knowledge and Skills requirements:

• Must be able to distil key points for voluminous information
• Experience with designing user-friendly databases a plus
• Understanding of stock markets
• Attention to detail

3) Sustainable Development Office

Brief Overview:

The Sustainable Development Office coordinates regulatory efforts to promote the availability of corporate sustainability disclosures to investors and other stakeholders in a comparable and trusted manner, and implements initiatives to advance the sustainability performance of listed issuers. The team also participates in standards-setting projects and builds awareness and capability within the ecosystem.

Learning Objectives:

• An opportunity to be at the forefront of regulatory developments and to shape the landscape on corporate sustainability reporting disclosures and the sustainable performance of listed issuers.
• Acquire an understanding of sustainability frameworks and standards.
• Acquire skillsets in analysing and reviewing proposals for changes to regulatory rules.
• Build relationships with internal and external stakeholders through various engagement/outreach efforts and contribution towards sustainability-related priorities.
   

Job Description:

• Conduct research on the global sustainability reporting landscape (eg. updates on global frameworks, standards, jurisdictional initiatives), sustainability trends and issues.
• Assist in reviewing proposals for changes to the regulatory rules, to align with global developments.
• Develop action plan(s) to support sustainability training capacity-building efforts for listed companies.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders across multi-disciplinary teams to support sustainability-related project(s) and initiatives.
• Contribute to thought leadership through maintaining a database on sustainability-related trends and developing relevant regulatory communications.
• Support the team on stakeholder engagements with companies, industry associations, international organisations and other partners.

Knowledge and Skills requirements:

• Knowledge in finance.
• Keen interest and awareness of global sustainability reporting developments and sustainable finance.
• Strong analytical abilities.
• Strong event management and project management skills.
• Clear and concise writing skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, such as MS PowerPoint, MS Excel and MS Word.