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This material has been prepared by CGS International Securities Singapore Pte. Ltd. (“CGS SG”) for your general information only, as an introductory explanation about the products named in this material. By receiving this material, you agree and acknowledge that:
The views expressed in this material reflect the personal views of the author. This material is categorised as non-independent for the purposes of the CGSI Group and therefore does not provide an impartial or objective assessment of the subject matter and does not constitute independent research. Consequently, the information contained in this material has not been prepared in accordance with legal requirements designed to promote the independence of research. Therefore, such information is considered a marketing communication.
At CGS International Securities Singapore Pte. Ltd. (“CGS SG”, “we”, “our”, “us”), we value your privacy and strive to protect your personal data (as defined below) in compliance with the laws of Singapore.
This policy (“Privacy Policy”) is designed to explain and elaborate upon some of our policies and principles pertaining to the privacy of your personal data, all of which we have adopted as a sign of our commitment in respecting, maintaining, protecting and safeguarding the privacy of your personal data.
CGS SG will only collect, record, hold, store, use, process, and disclose your personal data in accordance with such laws (including the Personal Data Protection Act 2012), this Privacy Policy and the privacy terms in your agreement(s) with CGS SG and/or its Affiliates that you may have contracted with.
“Affiliate” means a related corporation (as defined in the Singapore’s Companies Act 1967) of CGS SG;
“Affiliate” means a related corporation (as defined in the Singapore’s Companies Act 1967) of CGS SG;
“personal data” means data, whether true or not, about an individual who can be identified (a) from that data; or (b) from that data and other information to which CGS SG has or is likely to have access.
To process, administer and/or manage your relationship and/or account with CGS SG, and to provide you with the services and products of CGS SG, CGS SG will necessarily need to collect, use, disclose and/or process the personal data about you or your personnel, including but not limited to: –
We may obtain this data from yourself and from a variety of sources, including but not limited to:
Such personal data will be collected, used, disclosed and/or processed by CGS SG for one or more of the following purposes: –
(collectively, the “Purposes”).
Without prejudice to anything else in this Privacy Policy, in carrying out one or more of the above Purposes, CGS SG may need to disclose your personal data and/or (where applicable) the personal data of your personnel to certain third parties, whether located within or outside Singapore, as such third parties would then be processing such personal data for one or more of the above Purposes.
You hereby acknowledge and agree that such personal data will/may be disclosed by CGS SG to the following third parties (whether located within or outside Singapore) for one or more of the above Purposes and for the said third parties to subsequently process such personal data for one or more of the above Purposes: –
If you (or where applicable, any of your personnel) do not wish for CGS SG to use the submitted personal data or disclose the submitted personal data for any of the above Purposes, you may withdraw the consent at any time by prior written notice to CGS SG, however, depending on the circumstances and the nature/extent of the withdrawal, the withdrawal of consent may result in CGS SG’s inability to provide you with the services and products and hence may result in the termination of your relationship and/or account(s) with CGS SG or other consequences of a legal nature which may arise by virtue of your legal relationship with CGS SG.
Your latest written instructions to us will prevail. In certain instances where marketing communications from us are sent via browser push to your mobile device, you will have to follow certain prescribed steps to discontinue the receipt of marketing communications from us. Please take note that certain communications such as statements of account and our websites contain standard information regarding our other products and services that cannot be removed without affecting the delivery/provision of our services and/or products, the operation of your account(s) and/or facility(ies) with us, and/or additional costs to you.
For the avoidance of doubt, in the event that Singapore personal data protection law permits an organization such as CGS SG to collect, use or disclose your personal data without your consent, such permission granted by the law shall continue to apply.
You agree that where your written permission is required by law or otherwise for any such disclosure by CGS SG, the signing of the application form(s), account opening document(s), and/or any other methods of consent notification, as well as in any other manner permitted by law shall constitute and be deemed to be sufficient written permission for such disclosure.
CGS SG’s rights under this Privacy Policy shall be in addition to and without prejudice to CGS SG’s other rights of disclosures available pursuant to any other statutory provision and in law and nothing herein is to be construed as limiting any of these other rights.
“Cookies” are small text files a website can use to recognize repeat users, facilitate the user’s ongoing access to and use of the website or mobile application and allow a website or mobile application to track usage behavior and compile aggregate data that will allow content improvements and targeted advertising. Cookies are not programs that come onto a user’s system and damage files. Generally, cookies work by assigning a unique number to the user that has no meaning outside the assigning site.
We use cookies for a number of purposes, including to store your preference for certain types of information or products and services, further analysis for the purpose of providing products and services to you, to improve our products and/or to personalize our services to you. We may allow other companies that are presenting advertisements on some of our pages to set and access their cookies on your computer or mobile device. The use of cookies by such companies is subject to their own privacy policies, not this one. Advertisers or other companies do not have access to CGS SG’s cookies.
You may adjust settings on your browser and/or mobile device so that you will be notified when you receive a cookie or other similar tracking tools. Please refer to your browser documentation to check if the tracking tools have been enabled on your computer and/or mobile device or to request not to receive cookies or to disable cookies if you do not wish to have information collected via the use of cookies. However, please note that if you do this, certain features (e.g., customized delivery of information) available on our websites or mobile applications may not be available to you.
Our website or mobile applications may contain links to other websites which are not maintained by CGS SG. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of such websites operated by third parties that are linked to our websites or mobile applications. When visiting these third-party websites, you should read their privacy policies which will apply to your use of such third-party websites to determine how they will handle any information they collect from you.
This Privacy Policy may be revised from time to time. Notice of any such revision will be given via emails and/or by such other means of communication deemed suitable by CGS SG.
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Please do read these terms and conditions of use (“these Terms of Use”) carefully before using https://cgsi.com.sg/up (“this Website”). Your access to and use of this Website is subject to the following terms and conditions and all applicable laws. Please note that these Terms of Use will apply to your access of this Website regardless of whether you register or subscribe to be a user.
By accessing and using this Website, you would be signifying your assent to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, please do not use this Website. These Terms of Use may be amended or modified, or new conditions may be imposed, at any time. Any such changes or additions will be reflected by an update of this posting. You are therefore responsible to regularly update or familiarize yourself with the changes made to these Terms of Use. Please check these Terms of Use periodically for changes. Your continued access of this Website following the posting of changes to these Terms of Use will mean you accept those changes.
This Website (bearing the domain name “https://cgsi.com.sg/up”) is owned managed and/or operated by CGS International Securities Singapore Pte. Ltd. (“CGS SG”).
This Website is solely for your personal use and for information purposes only. All content, material, information, data or opinions accessible via this Website are provided by CGS SG “as is” and without warranties of any kind either express or implied to the fullest extent permissible and subject and pursuant to applicable law. CGS SG disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement.
Nothing on this Website should be construed as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of securities, futures or commodity as defined in the Singapore Securities and Futures Act and the Singapore Commodity Trading Act.
The responses in our “Frequently Asked Questions” on this Website form an integral part of these Terms of Use and would be binding on you. Please read these “Frequently Asked Questions” carefully and thoroughly.
Information contained on this Website (including information provided by CGS SG’s third party service provider(s)) is derived from sources CGS SG considers to be reliable, but CGS SG does not warrant the accuracy, correctness or completeness of any information furnished. CGS SG makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the results to be attained by any person from the use of the information or services found or comprised on this Website. CGS SG also makes no express or implied warranties of merchantability, satisfactory quality, or fitness for a particular purpose or use with regard to such information or services.
Any opinions or estimates expressed on this Website whether made by CGS SG or a third party constitute their reasonable judgment as of the date such opinions or estimates are first published and are subject to change without notice. In providing information on this Website, CGS SG, its employees or agents:
Information found or comprised on this Website are the property of CGS SG, or other information or service providers and are confidential or the subject of copyright or other applicable moral or intellectual property rights. Visitors to this Website may not reproduce, hyperlink to, retransmit, disseminate, sell, distribute, publish, broadcast, circulate or commercially exploit the information found on this Website in any manner without the express written consent of CGS SG, or use such information or services for any unlawful or unauthorised purpose.
Permission is granted to electronically copy and/or print hard copies of pages from this Website solely for the visitor’s own personal non-commercial purposes only. Any other use of this Website or information or services found on this Website is strictly prohibited, unless with the written permission of CGS SG.
CGS SG is concerned about the integrity of this Website when it is accessed in a manner solely determined by third parties or viewed in a setting solely created by third parties. Specifically, CGS SG is concerned with activities such as linking to an internal or subsidiary page of this Website that is located one or several levels down from the home page of this Website (“Deep Linking”) and the incorporation of any part of this Website as part of your own web page (“Framing”). Deep Linking to or Framing any part of this Website or any similar activity may not be carried out by you unless you have first obtained the express written permission of CGS SG to do so.
You also may not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on this Website, or the associated infrastructure supporting this Website (including any computer or software systems supporting this Website).
You are prohibited from obtaining or attempting to obtain, through any means, any information, material or content not intentionally made available or provided through this Website.
You are prohibited from using any robot, spider, manual and/or automatic device, manual process, software or routine that may interfere with the proper operation of this Website.
You are also prohibited from using any robot, spider, manual and/or automatic device, software or routine to access and/or use either the services available on this Website or the Website itself, unless duly approved and authorised by CGS SG.
Your use of this Website is subject to all applicable laws and regulations (whether having the force of law or not). You agree that you shall:
Please also note that it is your responsibility to ensure that you are eligible to use this Website. If the access to this Website by you from your jurisdiction is restricted or prohibited, please do not access or use this Website.
CGS SG may, at its sole and absolute discretion, provide one or more model portfolios of investment products or securities to members as benchmarks of how such a portfolio might be managed. These are provided to help you evaluate your research, and not as recommendations. Actions relating to the addition or deletion of any investment product, security, group of investment products and securities, funds or any traded commodity should not be construed as investment advice. CGS SG’s model portfolio decisions are made without any regard to the knowledge, consideration or investigation of the specific investment objectives, financial situation or particular needs of any user, any specific person or group of persons or visitors to this Website.
CGS SG may also provide users with the opportunity to make public their own portfolios via the Website and changes in such portfolios should not be construed as investment advice. You should do your own research before making any investment related decision. You agree that, you and you alone are responsible for your investment decisions, and any gains or losses that may arise accordingly.
While certain third party services may be accessible through this Website (the “Third Party Services”), such services are provided by third parties (which may be subject to additional terms and conditions) and not provided by CGS SG. Accordingly, and notwithstanding that:
CGS SG gives no warranty of any kind, implied, express or statutory (including but not limited to warranties of availability, satisfactory quality or fitness for a particular purpose) in conjunction with any Third Party Services or any products (including mutual funds) obtained through such services and your access and use of any Third Party Services is at your own risk.
CGS SG shall also not be liable, (whether under contract or tort or other legal theory), for any damages or expense (including any direct, indirect, consequential or special damages) which you may suffer or incur as a result of using any Third Party Services or in connection with any products (including mutual funds) obtained through such services.
Investments in any securities and/or products which may be accessible via the Third Party Services (the “Investment Products”) are not deposits or other obligations of, or guaranteed or insured by CGS SG or its affiliates and are subject to investment risks, including the possible loss of the principal amount invested. Past performance is not indicative of future performance. The value of the Investment Products and the income from them may fall as well as rise. All applications for Investment Products must be made on the application form accompanying the relevant prospectus, if required by applicable law. Investors should read the prospectus for details. Further, if you wish to use any Third Party Services you will have to abide by any terms and conditions imposed by such third parties in respect of such services.
We do not make any representation, recommendation, endorsement, warranty or guarantee the completeness, adequacy, quality, accuracy or timeliness of any content, material, information, data, or opinions that may be obtained or is available via this Website, including but not limited to that provided by any institutions, advertisers, consultants, legal advisors or any third party service provider of CGS SG.
As users of this Website, you may encounter other parties who may identify themselves or are identified as other users, staff of CGS SG or otherwise. These people may or may not be associated with CGS SG. In any event these people are individuals, the opinions they express are their own and not those of CGS SG. These people may or may not have formal financial training or experience regardless of what they may tell you. Accordingly, you agree to treat with caution anything these people may tell you and not to hold CGS SG liable for their communications and/or your actions based on them. Please remember that, almost every individual you encounter on this Website will have a financial interest in the investment products or securities they discuss. They may or may not tell you about such holdings.
We do not warrant that any feature or function comprised or accessible via this Website will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected or that this Website or the computer system supported by this Website is free of any virus or other harmful elements. We assume no responsibility for the deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any user communications, materials, information, data or email. Access and reliance of any content, material, information, data or opinions accessible via this Website by you is done at your own discretion and risk and you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from the storage or download of any such content, material, information, data or opinions.
Please note that should you chose to access or use this Website, the allocations of liability mentioned in these Terms of Use, including those mentioned in this clause 9, represent the agreed and bargained for understanding of the parties with respect to CGS SG’s liability. You acknowledge that the limitations set out in these Terms of Use (including this clause 9) are integral to the consideration payable to CGS SG for providing this Website and that were CGS SG to assume any further liability beyond that set forth in this clause 9, such consideration would be substantially higher.
You agree to indemnify and hold CGS SG and its affiliates (including its and their respective directors, officers and employees) (each an “Indemnified Person”), harmless from and against any and all Claims or Losses (as defined below) which any Indemnified Person may suffer or incur due to or arising out of or in connection with (a) your breach of any of the provisions of these Terms of Use, (b) your infringement of any rights or intellectual property rights, including copyrights, trademarks or rights of confidence of any person or entity, (c) any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by any Indemnified Person pursuant to any instructions, notice or request by you, or (d) the enforcement of CGS SG’s rights against you under these Terms of Use.
Due to the nature of the Internet, a visitor to this Website must acknowledge and accept the risks of the possibility of:
Trading in financial products involves risks and may not be suitable for all investors. You are advised to seek professional advice, always ensure that you fully understand the risks involved, and carefully consider your investment objectives, level of experience, and risk appetite before trading. The risk of loss in trading leveraged products such as leveraged FX and Options can be substantial and may result in you sustaining losses exceeding your initial investments.
Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd (“Bursa Malaysia”) and CGS SG make no representation or warranty (including all express, implied and statutory warranties of any kind arising from usage, custom, trade or by operation of law), as to the veracity, reliability, accuracy, completeness, currentness, comprehensiveness, fitness for any particular purpose or use of the information from Bursa Malaysia, or that such information shall error-free or virus-free. You agree and accept that Bursa Malaysia expressly reserves the right to and may in its sole discretion change the technological basis of the transmission of information to CGS SG at any time and from time to time.You shall not transmit, distribute, disseminate (by any means whatsoever), or re-transmit, re-distribute or re-disseminate (by any means whatsoever), or access CGS SG’s facilities to retrieve for the purposes of transmission, distribution or dissemination, the information from Bursa Malaysia.
In the case where Bursa Malaysia ceases the provision of information (in any form or format) to CGS SG, you accept and agree that such information will no longer be available to you forthwith and we shall not be liable to you for any reason whatsoever in respect thereof. In the case where Bursa Malaysia requires CGS SG to cease the provision of information (in any form or format) to you, you accept and agree that such (i) cessation shall not be challenged in any manner whatsoever, and (ii) information will no longer be available to you forthwith, and we shall not be liable to you for any reason whatsoever in respect thereof.
You agree to provide such information as may be required (and only to the extent so required) by CGS SG in order for CGS SG to meet CGS SG’s obligations to Bursa Malaysia.
You agree that you shall not (i) use the information or any part thereof in any deliberate attempt to establish, maintain or provide, or assist in establishing, maintaining or providing any service, activity or facility which does not comply with the relevant laws and the business rules of Bursa Malaysia (for the time being and from time to time in force); and (ii) use Information to design, calculate, manage or promote any indices that compete with any indices owned or partially owned by Bursa Malaysia.
You shall indemnify and keep CGS SG fully indemnified against all loss, damage, costs and expenses which CGS SG may suffer or incur as a result of any claim, action or legal proceeding made or commenced by Bursa Malaysia on CGS SG and any damages or compensation awarded against CGS SG by any court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction, arising from, inter alia, a breach or failure to fully perform any of your obligations herein.
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The provision and availability of information concerning price and index quotes on NASDAQ (the “NASDAQ Information”) is subject to the terms and conditions, and limitations, imposed by The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc ("NASDAQ OMX") on CGS SG. The provision and availability of such information to you is accordingly subject to such terms and conditions, and limitations. You acknowledge and agree that the NASDAQ Information originates from NASDAQ OMX and CGS SG disclaims all liability in respect thereof. In particular, and without derogation to the foregoing we make no representation and disclaim all express, implied, and statutory warranties of any kind to you and/or any third party including warranties as to accuracy, timeliness, sequence, completeness, merchantability, or fitness for any particular purpose in relation to the NASDAQ Information. Following from your acknowledgement and agreement that the NASDAQ Information originates from NASDAQ, you accept and agree, as a term of our provision and making available the NASDAQ Information the following:
NASDAQ OMX will make commercially reasonable efforts to offer the NASDAQ Information as promptly and as accurately as is reasonably practicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you acknowledge and agree that the NASDAQ Information and any and all material related to the NASDAQ Information are being provided "as is" with no warranties. In the event that the NASDAQ Information is not available as a result of a failure on the part of NASDAQ, NASDAQ OMX will endeavor, giving due regard for the cost, time and effect on other users, to correct any such failure. In the event that the NASDAQ Information is not available, is delayed, is interrupted, is incomplete or is not accurate or is otherwise materially affected for a period, your rights and remedies are expressly limited to such of the rights and remedies as may be available to CGS SG against NASDAQ OMX in respect thereof and to the extent that the exercise of such rights and remedies are, at the absolute discretion of CGS SG available to you. Beyond the warranties stated in this section, there are no other warranties of any kind, express, implied or statutory (including, without limitation, timelines, truthfulness, sequence, completeness, accuracy, freedom from interruption, any implied warranties arising from trade usage, course of dealing, or course of performance, or the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular use or purpose).
NASDAQ OMX will make commercially reasonable efforts to offer the NASDAQ Information as promptly and as accurately as is reasonably practicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you acknowledge and agree that the NASDAQ Information and any and all material related to the NASDAQ Information are being provided "as is" with no warranties. In the event that the NASDAQ Information is not available as a result of a failure on the part of NASDAQ, NASDAQ OMX will endeavor, giving due regard for the cost, time and effect on other users, to correct any such failure. In the event that the NASDAQ Information is not available, is delayed, is interrupted, is incomplete or is not accurate or is otherwise materially affected for a period, your rights and remedies are expressly limited to such of the rights and remedies as may be available to CGS SG against NASDAQ OMX in respect thereof and to the extent that the exercise of such rights and remedies are, at the absolute discretion of CGS SG available to you. Beyond the warranties stated in this section, there are no other warranties of any kind, express, implied or statutory (including, without limitation, timelines, truthfulness, sequence, completeness, accuracy, freedom from interruption, any implied warranties arising from trade usage, course of dealing, or course of performance, or the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular use or purpose).
Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Terms of Use,
You shall defend, be liable to, indemnify, and hold CGS SG harmless from and against, any and all Claims or Losses imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any of the CGS SG to the extent that the Claims or Losses result from or relate to: (i) failure of yours, your employees, independent consultants/subcontractors, directors, and other agents to comply with the terms and conditions of this Terms of Use (ii) any assertion of Claims or Losses relating to the subject matter or existence of this Terms of Use against the CGS SG made by any person who is an employee, agent or officer of yours or entity who is related to, associated to or is an affiliate of yours who receives the NASDAQ Information from us (or any such person or entity relying upon the NASDAQ Information (iii) breach of any warranty by you; (iv) any defense or participation by any person who is an employee, agent or officer of ours or entity who is related to, associated to or is an affiliate of yours in any action, suit, arbitration, or judicial or administrative proceeding involving any Claims or Losses described in this section, or (v) the receipt or use of the NASDAQ Information (including representations about the NASDAQ Information) by yourself, your employees, directors, and other agents. Unless otherwise stated herein, "Claims or Losses" means any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, actions, suits, judgments, and reasonable costs and expenses of whatever nature, whether incurred by or issued against a party, including, without limitation: (i) indirect, special, punitive, consequential, or incidental loss or damage (including, but not limited to, trading losses, loss of anticipated profits, loss by reason of shutdown in operation or increased expenses of operation, or other indirect loss or damage); and (ii) reasonable administrative costs, litigation costs, and auditors' and attorneys' fees, both in-house and outside counsel, and related disbursements.
In no event shall any claim, dispute, controversy or other matter in question be made against CGS SG by you (or any person or entity claiming by or through yourself) later than one year after the claim, dispute, controversy or other matter in question has arisen.
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