Here are SGX's newest initiatives to attract investors

SGX bought 49% of the Energy Market Company in August to enter the electricity trading market.

In his speech at the 13th Annual General Meeting on 20th September 2012, SGX CEO Magnus Bocker said the initiatives they take and products they develop will strengthen Singapore's Asian Gateway  position and expand the breadth and depth of its revenues.

Here's more from his speech:

Most recently in August, we announced we bought 49% of the Energy Market Company so  that we can enter the electricity trading market. Asia’s growth and increasing demand for electricity  and power make that very interesting for us.

And on Tuesday this week, two days ago, the ASEAN Trading Link was successfully  launched between SGX and Bursa Malaysia, with the Stock Exchange of Thailand joining next  month. This is the first step on a long journey to make our home market in Singapore more  attractive to investors both from within and outside ASEAN.

RETAIL INVESTORS ARE IMPORTANT

Other than overseas investors, we have seen and you will see us focus a lot of our energy on educating and engaging Singapore investors. This has already started. In collaboration with the National Library Board and MAS MoneySENSE, we have taken investor education to the  heartlands, conducting education seminars in libraries all over Singapore, near where many of us  live and making it much more accessible.

In January, eight months ago, we launched MyGateway, an SGX website, which now has  over 100,000 subscribers. This month, we began SGX StockWhiz, an online stock investing  competition which has already 11,000 participants. Through My Gateway and StockWhiz, we are  making freely available information on investment products, market updates, and other things you  should know when investing. I hope you all here and all our shareholders have a close look at that and engage as well.