Settlement of CPF/SRS Trades

Find out the process when you choose CPF/SRS as your Trade Settlement mode.

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Important information

  • Before selecting CPF/SRS as your settlement mode, please be reminded to check your shareholdings, available limits with CPF Investment Account(CPFIA) agent bank, and funds in your CPF/SRS accounts.

CPF/SRS settlement process

  • Once you have chosen CPF/SRS as the settlement mode, your CPFIA/SRS agent bank will be notified to review the transaction based on their criteria. Please contact your CPFIA/SRS agent bank for more information on the criteria for approval.
Type of Transaction
Settlement Process
Buy Transaction
When the contract has been accepted by the CPFIA/SRS agent bank, funds will be debited from your CPFIA/SRS account and the shares will be deposited into your CPFIA/SRS account on the settlement date.
Sell Transaction
When the contract has been accepted by the CPFIA/SRS agent bank, the sales proceeds will be credited into your CPFIA/SRS account and the shares will be debited from your CPFIA/SRS account on the settlement date.

More information

  • Amendment of settlement option is only allowed on the Trade day before 5.30pm.
  • Shares which you have bought through your CPFIA/SRS account cannot be sold from your CDP securities account.
  • If you sell shares that were previously bought from your CPFIS/SRS account using cash, the shares will be debited from your CDP securities account on settlement date. If you have insufficient shares in your CDP securities account, a "buy-in" will be conducted by SGX on settlement date to cover the "short-sell" position.

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