SINGAPORE: SGX Derivatives to Launch Asia Pacific Government Bond Futures

Tuesday March 31 2026

On 31^st March 2026, SGX Derivatives announced the upcoming launch of Asia Pacific Government Bond Futures, available for trading on 20 April. The new contracts are designed to enable international investors to manage sovereign interest rate risk associated with their existing allocations across India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. The launch comes as global investors are increasing their allocation to EM Asia sovereign bond markets, driven by rate differentials and the search for real yield diversification.

The contracts are the first exchange-listed regional government bond futures to be quoted on SGX, margined and settled in U.S. dollars, providing investors with a transparent and standardised instrument to hedge sovereign rate risk within the currency framework most commonly used in global portfolio management.

Built on FTSE Russell’s newly launched Asia Pacific Liquid Government Bond Index Series, which is derived from the methodology of its globally recognised government bond index family, the futures reference baskets of government bonds across the five markets and are offered across three maturities – 3-year, 5-year, and 10-year – giving investors flexible control over duration and sovereign yield curve exposures.

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