CFA Society Singapore Advocacy Committee

Seek financial advice only from registered influencers. Verify their representative number and credentials to ensure they are authorised to provide investment recommendations.
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Clicks and credibility

Understanding finfluencers’ role in investment decisions

To be competent in one’s role and meet one’s duties under the Competence Standard means having sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities suitable for a professional to work in that specific role with success.
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Maintaining competence

Many organisations require investment professionals to invest in continuous education and training

The CFA Institute's disclosure of conflicts standard requires finance professionals to make full and fair disclosure of all matters that could reasonably be expected to impair their independence and objectivity or interfere with duties to their clients, prospective clients, and employer.
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Disclosure of conflicts of interest 

WHAT are conflicts of interest? And more importantly, why do they matter? Conflicts of interest may arise when an individual stands to...

Market manipulation damages the interests of all investors by disrupting the smooth functioning of financial markets and lowering investor confidence.
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Spoofing to boost returns for clients

EVERY so often retail investors in Singapore are greeted by news of market manipulation in the capital market. The Straits Times reported...

Portfolio managers must priortise the interests of their clients and employers over their personal financial interests.
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The ethics of personal transactions

RETAIL investors can opt for do-it-yourself (DIY) investing where they build and manage their own portfolios. There are benefits. And like with...

CFA Institute requires fund managers and investment professionals to exercise diligence, independence and thoroughness in analysing and recommending investments, and taking investment actions.

Diligence and thoroughness in investment decisions

RETAIL investors pay fees to investment professionals to manage funds. These recurring fees for actively managing funds typically range between 1 per...

Communication allows clients to make well-informed decisions about their investments – including about whether to engage or retain an investment adviser.
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Communicating changes in billing and fees

IN PREPARING a recommendation about, for example, an asset allocation strategy or investment product, the analyst should include factors that are relevant...

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Handling a family member’s account

SOME people prefer that their personal matters including investment management be handled by individuals or groups who are not family members, relatives...