A compliance officer is evaluating how various trades are executed across secondary market venues and the capacities in which firms operate. Which of the following statements accurately describe secondary market trading venues and broker-dealer execution capacities? (Select ALL that apply.)
- Third Market transactions involve exchange-listed securities traded over-the-counter (OTC) between broker-dealers acting as either principal market makers or agents.Cevap
- Fourth Market trading occurs exclusively between institutional investors executing block trades directly through Electronic Communication Networks (ECNs) without broker-dealer intermediary participation.Cevap
- CA market maker that executes a secondary transaction with a retail client directly from its proprietary trading account is operating in an agency capacity and receives a commission.
- DAn institutional block trade involving newly created equity shares issued directly by a corporation on an ECN is classified as a Fourth Market transaction.
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The correct statements are that Third Market trades involve exchange-listed securities executed off-exchange (OTC) by broker-dealers, and Fourth Market trades involve direct institutional trading through ECNs without broker-dealer intermediaries.
The statements identifying Third Market trading as off-exchange trading of listed stocks and Fourth Market trading as direct institutional trading via ECNs accurately describe these secondary trading venues.
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Secondary Market Venues and Execution Capacities