Status: Researched - 8 June 2026.
What it is
KGI Securities Singapore is the Singapore arm of KGI, ultimately linked to Taiwan’s China Development Financial group. For this directory, it matters as one of the better pan-Asian brokers for investors who are comfortable placing orders through a dealer or by phone.
KGI is not a slick app broker. Its appeal is old-school market reach: Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, China B-shares, the US, plus phone/dealer routes into Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Southeast Asia.
Market access
Its market access breaks down roughly as:
- Online: Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand.
- Phone: China B-shares, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.
- No visible route in that table: Vietnam and India.
KGI’s current public FAQ/fee schedule broadly supports that picture. It lists foreign-market commission schedules for Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Australia, China B-shares, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, United States, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland and Canada.
Important online-vs-phone split:
- Online or platform-supported: Singapore, US listed stocks, China B-shares, Thailand, Hong Kong.
- Broker-assisted / dealer-heavy: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Australia, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, France, Germany, UK, Switzerland and Canada.
For Thailand, KGI specifically says clients can trade NVDR and foreign shares only, and cannot trade local shares. That distinction matters for foreign ownership limits.
Eligibility
KGI Singapore says individual and joint accounts are available. For a foreigner who is not a Singapore permanent resident, the supporting document list includes a passport with more than six months validity and proof of residential or mailing address less than three months old.
The account-opening FAQ tells applicants to bring documents to KGI’s office at SGX Centre 2. Treat KGI as a Singapore relationship broker, not a remote global app.
Best use case
Use KGI when you can open through Singapore and want a human desk route into Asian markets that normal app brokers miss, especially Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.
Skip it when you want cheap, fully-online execution or when your target market is Vietnam. For Vietnam, direct Vietnamese brokers or Phillip/Maybank-style routes are more relevant.
Sources
- Asian Century Stocks, “The best retail broker for Asia”: https://www.asiancenturystocks.com/the-best-asian-retail-broker/
- KGI Securities Singapore FAQ: https://www.kgi.sg/securities/faq
- KGI Securities Singapore account-opening form / public materials: https://www.kgieworld.sg/