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riskless principal

A trade that is dependent on one of the parties in the transaction to complete a transaction with another party in order to eliminate the risk that is normally involved with the trade both party are about to undertake.

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  1. Riskless Principal Definition | Investopedia
    A trade in a security that involves two orders, with the execution of one of these orders dependent upon the receipt or execution of the other. Riskless principal is ...
     
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    For a downloadable PDF of our memorandum discussing these frequently-asked questions about Riskless Principal, click here. What is a riskless principal, and ...
     
  3. 01-85 Guidance on Compensation and Mixed Capacity
    A. In Nasdaq, a riskless principal trade is one in which a broker/dealer, after having received an order to buy (sell) a security, purchases (sells) the security as ...
     
  4. What is riskless principal? definition and meaning
    Definition of riskless principal: A trade that is dependent on one of the parties in the transaction to complete a transaction with another party in order to eliminate ...
     
  5. Riskless Principal: Definition from Answers.com
    Riskless Principal Two principal transactions occurring at the same price that are reported only once as an agency transaction.
     
  6. Trade Reporting Frequently Asked Questions - FINRA
    May 10, 2012 ... Q101.5: Member BD1 receives an order from member BD2 to buy 5,000 shares of ABCD security and works the order as riskless principal.
     
  7. REG 2007-57: Riskless Principal Transactions and Other Changes ...
    Dec 4, 2007 ... adding a "riskless principal" exception, which would permit off-floor members to place orders as principal for securities for which one or more of ...
     
  8. Bingham | Callcott Discusses “Riskless” Principal Trades
    Callcott Discusses “Riskless” Principal Trades. Broker-Dealer. IA Watch, May 10, 2010 — The question of whether a “riskless” principal trade is still a principal ...