As serendipity would have it, once in a while a stockbroker receives a buy and sell order for the same stock at the same price, so they make the trade between two separate customers, rather than sending it out to the universe. However, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) frowns upon this practice, as it risks not being beneficial to both parties.
A cross trade cannot incur any commissions, spreads, or other costs, aside from transfer fees. Every quarter, directors of mutual funds need to approve cross trades that took place during the previous quarter, as it must be shown that the trades were for the good of both the buyer and seller. The downside for the seller is that she may have been able to get a better price in the marketplace, so the trade needs to demonstrate the seller benefited by not having to pay commissions.
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finance a la shmoop what is an agency cross transaction or cross trade and no
this has nothing to do with Jesus - an agency cross transaction arises when two [Agency cross transaction definition on 100 dollar bill]
clients want to trade in the same security within the same brokerage or
agency think about it like a home sale where the listing agent and the buyer's
agent both work for the same brokerage well in this case it's all about proper
disclosure it has to be made to both sides as to what's going on..why is this
such a big deal well because there isn't another set of eyes through a [Man peers through a curtain]
competitive agency looking in on this deal to be sure that fair market
practices are being applied and you know fair prices are being paid and this kind
of insider dealing happened a lot before the 1940 investment advisors Act was [Men shaking hands]
brought into place by the SEC which stipulated all kinds of rules and
regulations to help you know the unfavored little guy not get totally [Screw and shadow of drill appears]
screwed