Last Saturday, I had the privilege of attending the third and largest edition of MooFest, Moomoo Singapore’s annual flagship investment event. The one-day exclusive event attracted over 4,000 Moomoo account holders, a testament to the investment platform’s popularity in the country.
In his keynote presentation, Moomoo Singapore CEO Gavin Chia announced that 1 in 2 Singapore residents, aged 20 to 70 years old, have a Moomoo account. That’s more than 1.5 million users of the platform in Singapore! DollarsAndSense is proud to be one of MooFest’s Media Partners once again.
MooFest 2025 was an excellent opportunity to learn more about alternative investment asset classes. Like many of you, I am familiar with stocks and shares, ETFs, REITs, and have grasped the basics of the bond market. However, at MooFest, I was introduced to 4 alternative investments I’d never heard of before, even though they are not new products.
#1 Daily Leverage Certificates
Daily Leverage Certificates (DLCs) were the focus of both the UBS and Société Générale booths. These short-term trade products are listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). They work by tracking the daily performance of an underlying asset, such as a stock or an index. When you buy a DLC, you are exposed to the daily price changes of the underlying asset that the DLC is tracking.
Curious to learn more, I dropped by the side stage presentation by Marcus Ng, Vice President of Cross Asset Listed Distribution, Asia Pacific at Société Générale, as he shared more about the asset class.
What fascinated me was how Société Générale’s newly launched Magnificent 7 US Stock DLCs allows investors in Asia to gain exposure to US stock underlyings while sticking to our own trading hours. Despite not being a new asset class, these new DLCs now allow investors to capture new trading opportunities on US stocks like Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla.
Read Also: The Pros & Cons Of Using Leverage For Investing
#2 Structured Warrants
Another asset class that is not new but that I discovered for the first time are structured warrants. Structured warrants are issued by a third-party financial institution to track the movements of the underlying asset, like a share or index.
Thanks to a side stage presentation by Macquarie Group’s Jamie Chung, SVP, Head of Warrants, Singapore, I learnt how structured warrants can give you exposure to an underlying share or index, but at a fraction of the cost.
Source: Macquarie
Trading warrants allow you to benefit from leverage, or the gearing effect, of the movement of the underlying asset, sometimes giving you greater returns than if you invested in the asset directly. However, since leverage works both ways, losses are also magnified. However, because there are no margin calls, the maximum you lose is what you paid up.
#3 REIT Index ETF
I’m relatively familiar with both REITs and ETFs, but I never expected to see an investment asset that brings both together. The CSOP iEdge S-REIT Leaders Index ETF does exactly that. The underlying index touts itself as the most liquid representation of the S-REIT market in Singapore. This means that investing in the ETF gives you exposure to the most popular and highly traded S-REIT counters.
The CSOP Asset Management booth was also one of the most popular booths at MooFest, with hundreds queueing up for hours to put their steady hands to the test with a buzz wire game.
Each participant received a lucky draw scratch card that could win them a Labubu figurine or the coveted Nintendo Switch 2.
#4 Singapore Depository Receipts
With the recent launch of six new Singapore Depository Receipts (SDRs) in the past month, it’s not surprising that they were on the top of several speaker’s minds. SDRs are financial instruments that are listed on an overseas exchange but can be traded directly on the SGX. This allows investors in Singapore to gain access to foreign companies while trading in SGD. The six newly launched SDRs bring the total number of SDRs traded on the SGX to 10 Thai SDRs and 11 Hong Kong SDRs.
In his fireside chat on the main stage, SGX Head of Equities Ng Yao Loong mentioned how SDRs on the SGX gave investors in Singapore exposure to exciting companies like Meituan and Xiaomi. He also pointed out that while it’s not possible to gain direct exposure to popular companies like Nvidia via the SGX, related opportunities such as Monday’s NTT DC REIT IPO are ways to invest in the data centre industry.
MooFest Continues To Bring Fun And Education To Investing
This year’s MooFest is the largest edition so far and it really felt massive. Both the main stage and side stage were constantly packed with eager audience members looking for new investment insights, which the main halls were filled with snaking queues as attendees hoped to win some of the many prizes being offered by each booth. The theme of “The Future of Wealth, Reimagined” came across very clearly, both in the panel discussions as well as the booth’s offerings.
All of this bodes well for Moomoo Singapore, who also announced the launch of their digital assistant Moomoo AI as well as their upcoming physical retail branch, which their booth was cleverly designed to resemble. Definitely looking forward to returning for next year’s MooFest.
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