Singapore Explores Hosting Regional Rice Futures

WSJ Blog, 28 Mar 2012
Singapore is exploring the feasibility of hosting international futures trading in rice to stabilize prices across Southeast Asia for the politically sensitive commodity.
If successful, it would be the first regional rice futures product to be traded in Asia.
There are localized rice futures platforms such as in Thailand, Japan and China, but those futures are unable to represent the whole region due to lack of price correlation or dismal trading volume. Full story