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MAINTENEUR MARCHE [1 record]

Record 1 2008-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Stock Exchange
DEF

A trader employed by a securities firm who is authorized and required by applicable self-regulatory organizations to maintain reasonable liquidity in securities markets by making firm bids or offers for one or more designated securities.

OBS

For equities, market makers are called "specialists" on the ME and "registered traders" on the TSE.

OBS

market maker: term reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Bourse
DEF

Négociateur employé par une firme de courtage autorisé et tenu [...] de maintenir une liquidité suffisante sur les marchés des valeurs mobilières en faisant des offres fermes pour un ou plusieurs titres désignés.

CONT

Le Big Bang avait entraîné une forte hausse du nombre de teneurs de marché en fonds d'État, passé à vingt-sept.

OBS

Dans le cas des actions, on appelle [les] mainteneurs de marché des «spécialistes» à la Bourse de Montréal [...]

Key term(s)
  • mainteneur
  • faiseur de marché

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inversiones
  • Bolsa de valores
DEF

Entidad que por su volumen o especialidad sostiene la liquidez de un determinado mercado ofreciendo posiciones de compra y de venta con un margen no excesivo.

OBS

creador de mercado: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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