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{{a|g|}}The fees one pays a [[broker]] to buy or sell securities for one, or to a [[swap dealer]] or enter in to derivatives having an equivalent effect. the strict difference is that cash brokerage is usually a form of [[commission]] — payable to an [[agent]] for brokering a transaction between two principals, whereas synthetic brokerage is a fee paid to ones principal, the swap counterparty and is not a [[commission]] in that pure sense.
{{a|g|}}The fees one pays a [[broker]] to buy or sell [[securities]] for one, or to a [[swap dealer]] or enter in to [[Equity derivatives|derivatives]] having an equivalent effect. The strict difference is that cash brokerage is usually a form of [[commission]] — payable to an [[agent]] for brokering a transaction between two [[principal]]s, whereas synthetic brokerage is a [[fee]] paid to one’s [[principal]], the [[swap counterparty]] and is not, as such, a [[commission]] in that pure sense.


But, unless you are in the habit of inviting pedants to dinner, the distinction is a fine one indeed
But, unless you are in the habit of inviting pedants to dinner, the distinction is a fine one indeed.


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*[[Principal]] and [[agent]]
*[[Principal]] and [[agent]]
*[[Broker]] and [[dealer]] and that gruesome hybrid, the [[broker-dealer]]
*[[Broker]] and [[dealer]] and that gruesome hybrid, the [[broker-dealer]]
*[[Prime brokerage transactions]]

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The fees one pays a broker to buy or sell securities for one, or to a swap dealer or enter in to derivatives having an equivalent effect. The strict difference is that cash brokerage is usually a form of commission — payable to an agent for brokering a transaction between two principals, whereas synthetic brokerage is a fee paid to one’s principal, the swap counterparty and is not, as such, a commission in that pure sense.

But, unless you are in the habit of inviting pedants to dinner, the distinction is a fine one indeed.

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