Options Clearing Corporation - OCC

  

An organization that issues and guarantees futures contracts and options.

It's owned by the American Stock Exchange and the Chicago Board Options Exchange, among other exchanges. The SEC and the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulate this organization. It perenially wins for Top Five Most Boring Places On Earth To Work.

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