Think about the New York Stock Exchange - you know, that place where people buy and sell stocks - as a club. There are full members and there are not-quite full members. An allied member is in the not-quite category.
While not personally a member of the NYSE, an allied member is affiliated with a company that is a full member. He or she must work as an officer of a member company (meaning a high-ranking bigwig there) or have a sufficient stock holding in the firm. He or she must also pass an exam. Once approved, the allied member can conduct business on the NYSE and go onto the trading floor, where the real fun happens.
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Finance: What is an Affiliated Person or...3 Views
finance a la shmoop - What is an affiliated person or affiliated investor
ah Phil he eight ed.. affiliated meaning with or connected to or legally
conjoined at the hip that's affiliated well why does the concept even matter or
exists in finance land well because too many times in the dark [Ancient ornament appears]
days before the SEC was invented family members seemed to always get spectacular
breaks in knowing just when to buy stock right before the big merger happened
well the SEC took notice and basically declared that affiliated people like
family members or people living under the same roof or connected in various
and sundry other you know close means well all of them would be treated more [The Daily Shmoop newspaper page]
or less as the same person as far as the law was concerned they created this
notion of an affiliate so that Joe Sixpack would have at least as fair a [Joe Sixpack appears]
chance to get positive investment returns at least as close as you know
the the close-knit cousin living in the guest home of the CEO of whatever
dot-com only back then it was just called whatever simply said if you're an
affiliate of an insider ie someone who can't just buy and sell shares of a
given company whenever they want because they have inside knowledge then you the
affiliate are legally treated as if you yourself are the insider that's an [Insider and affiliate side by side]
affiliate so don't let what happen to Phil happen to you [Phil standing behind bars]
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