Strengthening Role of Singapore Exchange in Helping SMEs Gain Access to Overseas Capital Markets

Debated in Parliament on 3 Oct 2023.

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The debate addressed how the Singapore Exchange (SGX) can strengthen its competitiveness amid easier access to overseas capital markets for SMEs, as posed by Desmond Choo.
Lawrence Wong, responding for the Prime Minister, deferred the answer to a previously filed parliamentary question on encouraging tech companies to list on SGX.
The deferred response would cover SGX’s competitiveness and its longer-term role in helping SMEs tap overseas markets.
The core concern was ensuring SGX remains an attractive listing venue despite global competition for capital.
The reply would link SGX’s strategies to broader policies on supporting local companies and maintaining Singapore’s financial hub status.

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Desmond Choo

Mr Desmond Choo asked the Prime Minister (a) with easier and increased access to overseas capital markets, how does the Singapore Exchange strengthen its competitiveness; and (b) what is the longer-term role of the Singapore Exchange in helping SMEs gain access to overseas capital markets.

Lawrence Wong (for the Prime Minister)

This question will be answered in my reply to Ms He Ting Ru’s Parliamentary Question filed for the Sitting on or after 4 October 2023. [Please refer to "Encouraging Locally Incorporated Tech Companies to Choose Singapore Exchange over Foreign Stock Markets for IPOs", Official Report, 4 October 2023, Vol 95, Issue 114, Oral Answers to Questions section.]

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The debate addressed how the Singapore Exchange (SGX) can strengthen its competitiveness amid easier access to overseas capital markets for SMEs, as posed by Desmond Choo.
Lawrence Wong, responding for the Prime Minister, deferred the answer to a previously filed parliamentary question on encouraging tech companies to list on SGX.
The deferred response would cover SGX’s competitiveness and its longer-term role in helping SMEs tap overseas markets.
The core concern was ensuring SGX remains an attractive listing venue despite global competition for capital.
The reply would link SGX’s strategies to broader policies on supporting local companies and maintaining Singapore’s financial hub status.

Questions identified by AI (learn more)

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Strengthening Role of Singapore Exchange in Helping SMEs Gain Access to Overseas Capital Markets

Debated in Parliament on 3 Oct 2023.

Summary written by AI (learn more)

The debate addressed how the Singapore Exchange (SGX) can strengthen its competitiveness amid easier access to overseas capital markets for SMEs, as posed by Desmond Choo.
Lawrence Wong, responding for the Prime Minister, deferred the answer to a previously filed parliamentary question on encouraging tech companies to list on SGX.
The deferred response would cover SGX’s competitiveness and its longer-term role in helping SMEs tap overseas markets.
The core concern was ensuring SGX remains an attractive listing venue despite global competition for capital.
The reply would link SGX’s strategies to broader policies on supporting local companies and maintaining Singapore’s financial hub status.

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Desmond Choo

Lawrence Wong (for the Prime Minister)

Summary written by AI (learn more)

The debate addressed how the Singapore Exchange (SGX) can strengthen its competitiveness amid easier access to overseas capital markets for SMEs, as posed by Desmond Choo.
Lawrence Wong, responding for the Prime Minister, deferred the answer to a previously filed parliamentary question on encouraging tech companies to list on SGX.
The deferred response would cover SGX’s competitiveness and its longer-term role in helping SMEs tap overseas markets.
The core concern was ensuring SGX remains an attractive listing venue despite global competition for capital.
The reply would link SGX’s strategies to broader policies on supporting local companies and maintaining Singapore’s financial hub status.

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Strengthening Role of Singapore Exchange in Helping SMEs Gain Access to Overseas Capital Markets

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Desmond Choo

Lawrence Wong (for the Prime Minister)

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Strengthening Role of Singapore Exchange in Helping SMEs Gain Access to Overseas Capital Markets

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Desmond Choo

Lawrence Wong (for the Prime Minister)

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