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FUTURES COMMISSION MERCHANT [3 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
  • Banking
DEF

An account carried by one futures commission merchant with another futures commission merchant in which the transactions of two or more persons are combined and carried in the name of the originating broker, rather than designated separately.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
  • Banque

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema tributario
  • Operaciones bancarias
DEF

Cuenta abierta por un comerciante comisionista con otro comisionista del mismo gremio y en la cual se combinan las operaciones de dos o más personas conjuntamente, en lugar de hacerlo por separado.

OBS

ómnibus: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, explica que el sustantivo "ómnibus" es una palabra esdrújula y permanece invariable en plural, incluso en colocaciones como "ley ómnibus", "reglamento ómnibus", "programa ómnibus", "encuesta ómnibus"…, donde "ómnibus" aparece en aposición aportando el sentido de "que afecta a distintos temas o incluye bloques de contenidos diferentes".

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Record 2 2017-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Stock Exchange
OBS

futures commission merchant; FCM : term and abbreviation extracted from the “Glossaire de l'économie” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Bourse
OBS

commissionnaire sur les marchés à terme; intermédiaire sur les marchés des contrats à terme et d'options : termes extraits du «Glossaire de l’économie» et reproduits avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 3 1991-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
CONT

... an option traded between a member of the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange, who is recognized by the exchange as a futures commission merchant, and a customer of that member;...

OBS

The term "futures commission merchant" was found in The Commodity Futures Act, Statutes of Manitoba, Chapter 152, Section 2(c)(i).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements

Spanish

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