Singapore legislation
Clause 20
Clause 20
New sections 37A to 37D
The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 37, the following sections:“Front-running37A.—
No futures broker shall knowingly buy any futures contract for its own account, an account belonging to a connected person or for an account in which it has an interest (including any account over which it has discretion) when that futures broker has received any order to buy any futures contract of the same type for any other person at the prevailing market price or at the same price and has not executed that order, except in accordance with the business rules and practices of an Exchange or a futures market.(2) No futures broker shall knowingly sell any futures contract for its own account, an account belonging to a connected person or for an account in which it has an interest (including any account over which it has discretion) when that futures broker has received any order to sell any futures contract of the same type for any other person at the prevailing market price or at the same price and has not executed that order, except in accordance with the business rules and practices of an Exchange or a futures market.Trading against customer37B. No futures broker shall knowingly enter into a transaction to buy from or sell to its customer any futures contract for its own account, an account of a connected person or for an account in which it has an interest (including any account over which it has discretion), except with the customer’s prior consent and in accordance with the business rules and practices of an Exchange or a futures market.Cross-trading37C. No futures broker shall knowingly fill or execute a customer’s order for the purchase or sale of a futures contract on a futures market, by offsetting against the order or orders of any other person, without effecting such a purchase or sale of the futures contract on the trading floor or electronic futures trading system and in accordance with the business rules and practices of an Exchange or a futures market.Dealings by directors, officers or employees of holders of licences37D. A futures broker, a futures trading adviser or a futures pool operator shall not give unsecured credit to a director, officer or employee of that futures broker, futures trading adviser or futures pool operator or to a person who to his knowledge, is a connected person of such director, officer or employee if —
the unsecured credit is given for the purpose of enabling or assisting the person to whom the credit is given for the purpose of trading in futures contracts, foreign exchange trading or leveraged foreign exchange trading; or
the person giving the unsecured credit knows or has reason to believe that the unsecured credit will be used for the purpose of trading in futures contracts, foreign exchange trading or leveraged foreign exchange trading.”.