The phrase "a proprietary position" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to business, law, or intellectual property, where one party holds exclusive rights or advantages over a product, service, or information.
Example: "The company has established a proprietary position in the market by developing unique technology that competitors cannot replicate."
Alternatives: "exclusive advantage" or "protected status".
A proprietary position in a high-growth market should not be this hard a sell.
That gesture gave Wood a proprietary position in the jocks-gone-wild discourse that attended the lacrosse scandal.
"Holding substantial securities in a trading book for an extended period obviously assumes the character of a proprietary position, particularly if not specifically hedged," Mr. Volcker wrote in his comment letter.
A patent, besides securing a proprietary position, must also have commercial value.
Frequently, MRC seeks to protect novel ideas through the patent process, to secure a proprietary position and thereby enhance the value of the opportunity for a prospective industrial partner.
You can't learn much from Buffett's cash acquisitions of companies except that he likes to buy on the cheap side, provided the management is sound and holds a strong proprietary position in its industry.
Dr. Evan Snyder, director of stem cell research at the Burnham Institute in La Jolla, Calif., said WARF "hindered the field" to enhance its proprietary position, making it expensive to obtain cell lines and for scientists to collaborate.
He believes that this aspect of trading may be less cyclical than other sources of revenue, such as proprietary positions.Matt King, a credit strategist at Citigroup, says that demand for CDOs has lately been stimulated by the approaching implementation of the Basel 2 capital accord, which encourages banks to swap risky loans on their books for CDO tranches to avoid high capital charges.
I had a $450 million trading ledger at Lehman Brothers, making markets for customers and taking some proprietary positions to help facilitate the making of markets.
It didn't just connect clients with capital; it also was aggressive in taking lucrative but risky proprietary positions.
The winners will be either big national guys with great computer systems and cost controls, or the guys with strong proprietary positions in regional markets.
