The keys to Singapore’s capital market success

Your guide to the opportunities and challenges shaping one of Asia’s most dynamic capital markets.

29 September 2025

2 mins

Corporate & investment bankingCorporate strategyFinancial institutions and investor groups

Content created in partnership with and originally published on GlobalCapital.

The first-ever roundtable on the Singapore dollar bond market brought together leading Financial Institutions Group (FIG) issuers and investors to discuss the opportunities and challenges shaping one of Asia’s most dynamic capital markets. Hosted in partnership with GlobalCapital, the discussion marked a milestone in raising awareness of the Singapore dollar market among Western financial institutions.

Download the report to discover the multiple factors making the Singapore dollar bond attractive for issuers, including:

• Robust legal and market infrastructure: Singapore’s straightforward and flexible legal system, ease of working partnerships and attractive pricing are some of the factors why insurers like Singapore and the Singapore dollar.
• Safe haven amid turbulence: Singapore continues to be a safe haven market – valued for its political and economic stability, diverse and informed investor base and its status as a wealth hub for Asia’s growing affluent demographic.
• Opportunities for market innovation: Potential growth areas have been identified like issuing senior preferred and non-preferred in Singapore dollars bonds, and refining frameworks on the qualifying debt securities regime, accounting treatment for issuers in foreign currencies and use of proceeds rules.

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