Glossary

Commission trading

Trading on behalf of a third party

Trading in commodities or securities conducted by a commission agent not for own account but for the account of another. Examples are the exchange transactions of banks acting on behalf of their clients.

The specifics of commission trading are governed by the German Commercial Code (HGB), article 383, para. 1.

Synonym: factorage

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