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===[[Foreign broker-dealer]]s and [[registered broker-dealer]]s===
===[[Foreign broker-dealer]]s and [[registered broker-dealer]]s===
A [[foreign broker-dealer]] (foreign being from the perspective of the [[United States of America]]), means that poor, huddled  mass of international brokers and dealers who were turned away, or never arrived, at Ellis Island and have not subsequently been registered with the {{tag|Securities and Exchange Commission}}. A [[registered broker-dealer]] denotes one of those blessed souls who have.
A [[foreign broker-dealer]] (foreign being from the perspective — is there another? — of the [[United States of America]]), means that poor, huddled  mass of international [[broker|brokers]] and [[dealer|dealers]] who were turned away, or never arrived, at Ellis Island and have not subsequently been registered with the {{tag|Securities and Exchange Commission}}. A [[registered broker-dealer]] denotes one of those blessed souls who have.


Of much interest to those wanting to handle or “effect” transactions in securities with [[US person]]s. The {{tag|SEC}} has lots of rules about this, and as you can probably imagine they’re entirely simple, clear and easy to formulate.
Of much interest to those wanting to handle or “effect” transactions in securities with [[US person]]s. The {{tag|SEC}} has lots of rules about this, and as you can probably imagine they’re all simple, clear and easy to understand.


===See in particular===
===See in particular===