How to become a securities or Finance dealer
Official title: Securities/Finance dealer
Also called: Cryptocurrency trader, Finance dealer, Securities dealer, Cryptocurrency trader
Securities/Finance dealer purchases and sells securities such as stocks, bonds and shares on his/her own account or employer’s account. He/she monitors the performance of the securities traded, assessing their stability or speculative tendencies. He/she calculates the securities prices and places orders.
Main tasks
- Obtaining information about the financial circumstances of companies in which investments may be made
- Analysing market trends for securities, bonds, stocks and other financial instruments, including foreign exchange
- Advising on and participating in the negotiation of terms for, and organisation of, loans and placement of stocks and bonds in the financial market to raise capital for customers
Ways in
- University: Business & Commerce degrees, Offered by 6 universities in Singapore
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $94,752 a year. The middle half earn $62,400 to $206,436 a year.
- Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.
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- Foreign exchange dealer
- Financial derivatives dealer
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Questions people ask
How do I become a securities or Finance dealer?
Ways in include: Business & Commerce degrees.
How much does a securities or Finance dealer earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $94,752 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $62,400 to $206,436.
Will AI change the work of a securities or Finance dealer?
Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026