Singapore legislation

Section 123P

of Securities and Futures Act 2001

Section 123P

General obligations

Amended by4/20174/2017

(1)

Every authorised benchmark administrator and exempt benchmark administrator must, for every designated benchmark in respect of which it carries on a business of administering a designated benchmark —

(a)

manage any risks associated with its business and operations prudently;

(b)

ensure that the systems and controls concerning its performing the activity of administering a designated benchmark are adequate and appropriate for the scale and nature of its operations;

(c)

have sufficient financial, human and system resources —

(i)

to carry on a business of administering a designated benchmark; and

(ii)

to meet contingencies or disasters;

(d)

maintain governance arrangements that are adequate for the designated benchmark to be determined in a fair and efficient manner; and

(e)

ensure that it appoints or employs fit and proper persons as its chairperson, chief executive officer, directors and key management officers.

Amended by4/2017

(2)

In subsection (1)(c), “contingencies or disasters” includes technical disruptions occurring within automated systems.

Amended by4/2017