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Big brokerages use several internet service providers to ensure speedy trading.The exchanges may be booming now, but Mr Norman predicts that over-the-counter markets, which cut out the exchange as middleman, will flourish at their expense.
Some brokerages still provide trading rooms to their clients, lined with computer terminals for them to use.
In a statement deVere says it is deeply concerned that alarm bells were not rung until now and that worrying signs appear to have been "ignored by professional service providers trusted by deVere and other brokerages".
Its five-month investigation of the deal caused a good deal of tension with America until a compromise was reached last week.CollaredJapan's racketeering scandal among top financial institutions widened when prosecutors raided another of the country's top brokerages , Yamaichi Securities.
I'M NOT sure this is the kind of thing that will convince people that the financial sector is providing a valuable public service:An increasing number of hedge funds and brokerages are scrutinizing professional poker to find talent and analytical tools, according to financial recruiters including Options Group, a New York-based executive-search company.
Although there is more business to go round, the battle among the brokers has also picked up.In time, prime brokerages could face the sort of squeeze that has hurt broking in other markets.
They include existing trading platforms such as Bloomberg, new entrants including Javelin Capital Markets, and interdealer brokerages such as ICAP.Analysts believe the initial number of SEFs could be large but will be whittled down over time.
The average commission for each online trade is around $15 (though Schwab, the market leader, charges $30), compared with $100-300 100-300-service brokerates, which, as well as executing trades, offer research, advice and a personal broker.
Online brokerages are only now starting to offer bond-trading services on their sites.Moreover, bonds are typically much less liquid than shares.
One day later, the World Bank which has long prided itself on being a bond-market innovator announced the "first fully-integrated online bond-offering", to be led by Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers, and featuring a syndicate including online retail brokerages such as Fidelity and Schwab.
The New York state attorney-general normally confines himself to the smaller type of fraud, leaving regulation of big Wall Street banks and brokerages to the federal government's Securities and Exchange Commission SECC).
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The primary grammatical function of "brokerages" is that of a plural noun . It refers to multiple entities or companies engaged in the business of acting as intermediaries between buyers and sellers, typically of financial instruments or real estate. As Ludwig AI points out, it is usable in written English.
Expression frequency: Very common
