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Generally: one of the millions of agents, broker-dealers, advisers, software as a service providers, vendors, introducers and diverse other rentiers whose business model is to clip your ticket as it passes through their hands on the way to, um another intermediary.

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 {{g}}'''Generally''': one of the millions of [[agent]]s, [[broker-dealer]]s, advisers, [[software as a service]] providers, [[vendor]]s, [[introducer]]s and diverse other [[rentier]]s whose business model is to clip your ticket as it passes through their hands on the way to, um ''another'' [[intermediary]].
-'''Exchange-traded derivative]]s''': A fancy word for an [[intermediate broker]], or [[central counterparty]], when you want to refer generically to either. Well, it beats “[[intermediate broker]], [[clearing house]] or [[Central counterparty - CRR Provision|central counterparty]] [[as the case may be]]”, innit.
+'''[[Exchange-traded derivative]]s''': A fancy word for an [[intermediate broker]], or [[central counterparty]], when you want to refer generically to either. Well, it beats “[[intermediate broker]], [[clearing house]] or [[Central counterparty - CRR Provision|central counterparty]] [[as the case may be]]”, innit.
+{{sa}}
+*[[Ultimate client]]
+*[[Software as a service]]
+*[[Look, I tried]]