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ON Feb 5, 2018, The Business Times reported that new research by CFA Singapore uncovered no evidence of broad-based market manipulation around company announcements on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) between January 2011 and December 2016. The analysis suggested that any potential instances of manipulation to be isolated incidents and not part of a broader phenomenon.
Market manipulation
Market manipulation is the deliberate creation of a false market in publicly traded securities with the aim of profiteering. Like a pernicious cancer, detection is notoriously difficult and may take years. Once market manipulation becomes deeply entrenched, it damages the interests of all investors and lowers investor confidence in capital markets by disrupting the smooth functioning and efficiency of those markets.
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