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Singapore’s equity market is stirring, but success now hinges on moving beyond the structural reset to solve the harder, "stubborn" gaps in research depth, corporate behaviour, and retail participation; MAS has warned "there's much work ahead".

SIngapore Exchange's trading turnover jumped 66% in January with strong activity from both retail and institutional investors.

The Equity Market Development Plan has helped boost IPOs and valuations this year, including SGX's appeal for secondary listings, such as US data firm AvePoint. FA spoke with experts at Cooley and Grasshopper Asia.

FinanceAsia spoke to exchange leaders about regional ESG disclosure progress and cross-border product collaboration, while the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) shared an exclusive update on an agreement with Indonesia and Malaysia.

The city-state has plans to expand current climate disclosure requirements to a wider group of listed and unlisted companies active in the market. Ahead of implementation, Srac invites market feedback.

The digital securities platform has appointed Sutat Chew to drive the platform’s international expansion.

Eight months into her appointment at the exchange, Seier shared her strategy for attracting international listings and her outlook for the public markets across the rest of 2023.

The issuance marks the city-state’s first ever 50-year bond and the longest-tenor green bond issued by a sovereign to date.

FinanceAsia talks to SGX head of global sales and origination, Pol de Win, on the exchange’s efforts to become a venue of choice when global markets recover.