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**The client would still, ultimately, have some exposure to one or more banksl just not the immediate one. | **The client would still, ultimately, have some exposure to one or more banksl just not the immediate one. | ||
*Brokers generally settle cash equities transactions [[delivery versus payment]] under their terms of business. Clients will not pay any money in advance receiving their settlement securities. Therefore the client's payment obligation is in discharge of its contractual liability to the broker, so is not a “client money” obligation in the first place (see CASS {{cassprov|7.11.25}}); | *Brokers generally settle cash equities transactions [[delivery versus payment]] under their terms of business. Clients will not pay any money in advance receiving their settlement securities. Therefore the client's payment obligation is in discharge of its contractual liability to the broker, so is not a “client money” obligation in the first place (see CASS {{cassprov|7.11.25}}); | ||
*when an {tag|investment manager}} instructs a broker to execute an order for a client you do so as agent for the client, but in the client’s name own name. The broker will book the order against the client directly and not against “investment manager as trustee for Client XYZ”. Therefore, at the moment when the manager pays the “client money” to the broker, the investment manager ceases to hold it as client money at all. (Again, see CASS {{cassprov|7.11.25}}) The IM pays the cash to discharge the client’s obligation to the broker. | *when an {{tag|investment manager}} instructs a broker to execute an order for a client you do so as agent for the client, but in the client’s name own name. The broker will book the order against the client directly and not against “investment manager as trustee for Client XYZ”. Therefore, at the moment when the manager pays the “client money” to the broker, the investment manager ceases to hold it as client money at all. (Again, see CASS {{cassprov|7.11.25}}) The IM pays the cash to discharge the client’s obligation to the broker. | ||