Intern - Indices & Data Services, Index Exchange (Fall 2026, Jul to Dec)

SGX Group Internship Program

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is Asia’s 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 Asia’s 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.

Index Edge (iEdge) – Team Overview

SGX Index Edge (iEdge) is a leading global index provider. We operate in an exciting and fast-changing world of active and passive investments. By combining superior technology with SGX’s reach as an international exchange, we deliver proprietary and bespoke indexing solutions across a range of underlying instruments, strategies and investment themes. We also collaborate with major investment banks and help them independently calculate Quantitative Investment Strategies across major asset classes.

Learning Objectives

• Index methodology design: translating investment objectives into transparent, rule-based index rules (eligibility, weighting, rebalancing, buffers, corporate actions).
• Backtesting best practices: data sourcing/cleaning, sanity/bias checks, neat documentation, and building scalable workflows.
• Working with the team, the intern will learn about the innovative developments in the world of investing. Specific topics will be:
  • Active and Passive Investment Strategies
  • Quantitative Investment Solutions
  • Equity Index Structuring/Rebalancing
• Strategies, Thematic & Smart Beta Investments, along with the general workings of global financial markets.

Job Description

The candidate is expected to:

• Build sample portfolios, calculate index levels and key analytics, and develop Python and Excel-based models to support index research.
• Contribute to enhancements of the team’s backtesting module (e.g., adding analytics, automating workflows, and performing validation/QA checks) and provide analysis and insights to internal stakeholders and external clients.
• Support ad-hoc analytical tasks, including data acquisition, downloading, and processing from vendor APIs and internal sources.

Knowledge and Skill Requirements

• Basic understanding of financial markets, financial instruments and portfolio theories
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good command of MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• Coding skills in Python and SQL
• Knowledge in cloud computing (AWS) will be advantageous
• Ability to work independently and have curiosity to learn