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Trading equities overseas is riskier
Published Wed, Apr 22, 2015 · 09:50 PM
I REFER to the report "Quiet S'pore market sends retail investors' funds overseas" (BT, April 21).
Trading equities in overseas markets is riskier than trading equities in the local market because the trading and settlement rules are vastly different from local ones. There is also the foreign exchange risk. Hence, initially, overseas equities were segregated as specified investment products or SIPs. Even no…
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