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Trading by a financial institution on its own behalf, rather than acting primarily as an intermediary. | Trading by a financial institution on its own behalf, rather than acting primarily as an intermediary. | ||
It is potentially highly profitable, but also risky. | |||
Prudential regulations restrict the amount of proprietary trading that banks are allowed to do, in order to reduce the risk. | |||
Sometimes abbreviated to 'prop' trading. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Bank]] | |||
* [[Broker-dealer]] | |||
* [[Capital]] | * [[Capital]] | ||
* [[Commercial | * [[Commercial bank]] | ||
* [[Designated investment firm]] | |||
* [[Investment bank]] | * [[Investment bank]] | ||
* [[Investment firm]] | |||
* [[Liikanen rule]] | |||
* [[Merchant bank]] | * [[Merchant bank]] | ||
* [[Primary market]] | |||
* [[Proprietary]] | |||
* [[Prudential]] | |||
* [[Prudential regulation]] | |||
* [[Secondary market]] | |||
* [[Security]] | * [[Security]] | ||
[[Category:The_business_context]] | |||
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]] | |||
Latest revision as of 13:17, 17 July 2022
Trading by a financial institution on its own behalf, rather than acting primarily as an intermediary.
It is potentially highly profitable, but also risky.
Prudential regulations restrict the amount of proprietary trading that banks are allowed to do, in order to reduce the risk.
Sometimes abbreviated to 'prop' trading.
