Securities Exchange

Definition

Securities Exchange. An organized, national exchange where securities, options, and futures contracts may be traded by members for their own accounts and for the accounts of their customers

A securities exchange is a corporation or mutual organization that provides securities trading services, where securities may be bought and sold by third parties. As a facility, a securities exchange is also a place of trade associated with a particular site, i.e., stock exchange, regulated market such as an Electronic Trading Platform (ECN), or unregulated market, such as an Automated Trading System (ATS) (MIC - ISO 10383). Stock exchanges also provide facilities for the issue and redemption of securities as well as other financial instruments and capital events including the payment of income and dividends.The securities traded on a stock exchange include: shares issued by companies, unit trusts, derivatives, pooled investment products and bonds. To be able to trade a security on a certain stock exchange, it has to be listed there. Usually there is a central location at least for recordkeeping, but trade is less and less linked to such a physical place, as modern markets are electronic networks, which gives them advantages of speed and cost of transactions. Trade on an exchange is by members only.

See Also

• Barron's Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms, Ninth Edition, 2014.

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