Settlement of CPF/SRS Trades

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

Part of: Guides > Your Guide to DBS Vickers Online Trading Account

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.