Enjoy intra-day price transparency on the listed exchanges. You can see bid, ask and last done prices of the ETFs.
Enjoy intra-day price transparency on the listed exchanges. You can see bid, ask and last done prices of the ETFs.
With ETFs, you can now readily access otherwise hard-to-reach assets and sectors, such as gold, oil or the China A-shares market.
With ETFs, you can now readily access otherwise hard-to-reach assets and sectors, such as gold, oil or the China A-shares market.
ETFs give you instant exposure without incurring brokerage from buying each stock. For example, the STI ETF which constitutes 30 stocks lets you own a portion of all these companies at once.
ETFs give you instant exposure without incurring brokerage from buying each stock. For example, the STI ETF which constitutes 30 stocks lets you own a portion of all these companies at once.
ETFs have no upfront sales charges and have lower management fees (generally less than 1%) compared to sales charges of 3-5% for unit trusts.
ETFs have no upfront sales charges and have lower management fees (generally less than 1%) compared to sales charges of 3-5% for unit trusts.
Market risk
Investors are exposed to the price volatility of the underlying assets which the ETF tracks. Generally, where the price level of the underlying declines, the value of ETF declines as well.
Foreign exchange risk
Investors may be exposed to fluctuation in foreign exchange rates if the traded currency of an ETF is different from the functional currency.
Counterparty risk
Synthetic ETF where use of derivatives and swap-based instruments are involved, may be exposed to counterparty risk if obligation is not fulfilled.
Lion-OCBC Securities APAC Financials Dividend Plus ETF
Invest in APAC’s financial strengths
Gain access to the top 30 financial institutions in the Asia-Pacific region
Lion-OCBC Securities Singapore Low Carbon ETF
Diversify your portfolio with the top 50 Singapore companies that have a lower carbon footprint
Invest in companies like Singtel and Sea Limited
Lion-OCBC Securities China Leaders ETF
Gain easy access to the 80 largest Stock Connect-eligible Chinese companies
Invest in market leaders like Ping An Insurance and Kweichow Moutai
Lion-OCBC Securities Hang Seng TECH ETF
Capture the growth potential of the 30 largest TECH-themed companies on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Get started with a trading board lot size of just 1 unit
Lion-OCBC Securities Hang Seng TECH ETF
Capture the growth potential of the 30 largest TECH-themed companies on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Get started with a trading board lot size of just 1 unit
Lion-OCBC Securities China Leaders ETF
Gain easy access to the 80 largest Stock Connect-eligible Chinese companies
Invest in market leaders like Ping An Insurance and Kweichow Moutai
Lion-OCBC Securities Singapore Low Carbon ETF
Diversify your portfolio with the top 50 Singapore companies that have a lower carbon footprint
Invest in companies like Singtel and Sea Limited
| ETFs | Mutual funds (unit trusts) |
| No sales charge | Charge a sales charge of 3-5% |
| Charge lower management fees of less than 1% | Management fees of 1-2% |
| Offers intra-day pricing | End-of-day pricing |
| ETFs | Shares |
| Allows exposure to a basket of securities | Allow exposure to one company |
| Small management fee | No management fee |
| Normal brokerage and standard charges | |
ETFs come with various underlying assets, like equities, commodities, bonds and currencies.
ETFs’ performances are based on the underlying assets and benchmark, and the function of the fund manager is to track as closely to the underlying assets and benchmark as possible, thereby reducing the tracking error.
Liquidity is provided by the market-maker assigned by the issuers and in addition, the market participants add on to that amount of liquidity.
Citing an example in Hong Kong, 2823HK has an average daily traded volume of 60 - 100 million shares per day, with certain intra-day change in price of a few percent depending on the underlying.
Therefore, ETF is an investment tool that day / trend traders can use for their short-term trading needs with the liquidity and volatility it presents.
A cash trading account for trading in Singapore and foreign markets.
A leveraged trading account that lets you increase your share purchasing power by pledging your cash or securities as collateral.
Online application using Myinfo*
For individual customers who are 21 years and above.
*SGX listed securities will be custodised with OCBC Securities for trading accounts opened via MyInfo.
Offline and corporate application at a branch or via mail
For individual customers who are 18 to 20 years old, foreigners who do not have Myinfo and corporate customers.
