Singapore legislation

Regulation 25

of Financial Advisers Regulations

Regulation 25

Books to be kept by licensed financial adviser

Amended byS 222/2023 wef 31/12/2021

For the purposes of section 49(2) of the Act, a licensed financial adviser shall keep books in the English language which contain the following, where applicable:

(a)

the particulars of every client of the financial adviser, including the name and address of the client;

(b)

the particulars of every transaction carried out by the financial adviser on behalf of its clients;

(c)

a copy of the confirmation of every transaction referred to in paragraph (b), every purchase and sale contract note and every statement of account received from a product provider in respect of such transaction;

(d)

every written agreement, or a copy thereof, entered into by the financial adviser with any of its clients;

(e)

every written agreement, or a copy thereof, entered into by the financial adviser with any product provider;

(f)

every report, letter, circular, memorandum, publication, writing, advertisement or other literature or advice, or a copy thereof, distributed or caused to be distributed by the financial adviser to any of its existing or prospective clients, indicating the date of first distribution of such document if not otherwise shown on the document;

(g)

all income and expenses of the financial adviser; and (h)all assets and liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of the financial adviser and, in the case of assets —

(i)

indicating by whom these assets or the documents of title to these assets are held; and

(ii)

where the assets are held by some other person, whether or not they are held as security against any loan or advance.