Singapore has traditionally held a unique position in the Asian financial ecosystem, with one of the most advanced investor bases in the region and a regulatory framework that has served as a model to other markets to emulate. It is against that background that the increasing popularity of contracts for difference among the retail participants is an extension of tradition rather than a break with it. A market that already embraces equities, REITs and structured products has found in CFDs an avenue to extend its reach further, being able to gain access to international indices, commodities and currency pairs on platforms that are designed to meet the pace of trading…