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Don’t front-run, SGX warns brokers
April 4th, 2010 | 
Author: THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) has warned brokers against profiting from inside information of pending customer orders.
SGX highlighted the practice of front-running – a trading misconduct that occurs when a broker does a personal trade on a stock on the knowledge that his client wants a trade executed on the stock later.
‘There is an opportunity to profit by trading in advance of customers’ large o… more
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Price targets for SGX cut ahead of results
BROKERS have cut their share price targets for the Singapore Exchange (SGX), ahead of its quarterly results next week, predicting earnings will be hit by weaker trading volumes.
But they also believe the exchange could benefit from an economic upturn and the stewardship of new CEO Magnus Bocker.
CIMB, in a research report, cut its target price for SGX to $8.38 from $8.83 and lowered its FY2010-12 … more
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Take more care with big orders, traders urged
TRADERS should pay more attention when handling large orders to prevent market manipulation, according to the Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday.
The bourse operator said trading members and representatives should query clients on orders that may ‘adversely impact the market’.
‘Trading members and trading representatives are free to employ different trading strategies,’ said the SGX in a note post… more
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Asean markets must tackle poor perceptions
THE weighting of Asean markets in most global portfolios seems small due to a perceived lack of investment opportunities, low liquidity and weak investor relations in the region, Singapore Exchange chief executive Magnus Bocker said yesterday.
He raised this point from an unnamed study of investor perceptions of regional markets that highlighted the attractiveness of Asean markets at the same time… more
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SGX eyes bigger strides on commodities frontier
(SINGAPORE) Singapore Exchange will launch contracts for gold, coffee and fuel oil early next year and invest heavily to support high-tech trading, new chief executive Magnus Bocker said yesterday at a derivatives industry conference.
‘I think there is a great opportunity for Singapore and SGX to be more in the forefront of trading and clearing of energy products,’ Mr Bocker, who took over from Hs… more
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SGX to launch oil futures in next quarter
THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) will launch an oil futures contract in the first quarter of next year, said the exchange’s new chief executive Magnus Bocker yesterday.
This comes as the trading of instruments linked to commodities hots up here, with another commodities exchange set to start operations soon.
The new SGX contract – effectively a bet on the future price of oil – will be linked to bunker… more
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