Intern - Equities (Spring - Jan to Jun 2026)

Job Summary

SGX Spring Internship Programme (Jan to Jun 2026 Full-Time only)

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is Asias 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 Asias 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.

Securities Trading

Short overview on the Team

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.

What the intern can learn during the internship

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.

Job Description

• 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.
  
  

Knowledge and Skill Requirements

• 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.

Research & FinLit

Short overview on the Team

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

Post Trade & Depository

Short overview on the Team

The Global Markets Division is responsible for growing revenue and liquidity of the entire continuum of business lines of SGX including SGX subsidiaries.

This internship is set within the team cutting across the Equity Securities and Exchange Platforms units responsible for the Depository business of SGX and the development of two key platforms - one serving individual investors in the Cash Equities market (SGX Investor Portal) and the other serving institutional traders in the Derivatives (Equities / FX / Commodities / Interest Rates) market. Within the Depository business the team oversees the planning and development of the suite of Depository products and value-added online services to increase participation in our marketplace by our listed companies corporate and individual investors and traders as well as depository agents and brokers.

What the intern can learn during the internship

This intern position will provide support to the CDP team within the Equity Securities unit. He/She will receive hands-on exposure to and experience with:

• Understanding Singapore capital market and competitive landscapeStrategic marketing product planning development and execution of financial products/services launches/events to companies and individuals
• Marketing analytics measurements and tracking
• Involvement in online/social marketing UX design and development of online content on websites and mobile app
• Stakeholder management and engagement including development of content execution and delivery of marketing materials
• Relationship building across different business units vendors and stakeholder groups
• Data driven decision-making
  
  

Job Description

• Assist in the coordination of initiatives involving internal and external stakeholders including user journey tracking data analysis and UX design on websites and mobile app
• Assist in defining adoption strategy for mobile app using data driven decisions
• Support manager in operationalising and maintaining web content marketing plans user guides FAQs and managing queries with internal units and vendors
• Participate in User Acceptance Testing for new feature launches
• Assist in database and marketing budget management
• Any other business projects and activities as needed
  
  

Knowledge and Skill Requirements

• Good communication skills (both written and spoken) in English
• Familiar and comfortable with Excel Powerpoint and Word
• Knowledge of investing is an advantage; bonus if candidate has invested in stocks or bonds
• Interest and background in product planning website and mobile app development user experience design marketing and service management
• Meticulous and responsible takes ownership of assignments and can work independently
• Ability to multitask
• Willingness to learn multiple discipline (e.g. customer experience product planning and marketing)
• Experience / interest in basic programming (e.g. Python) is a plus