Glossary

Updated 1 April 2019

This glossary offers definitions of technical terms commonly used in the BIS Quarterly Review.

The glossary is also available as a PDF file in ChineseFrench, German, Italian and Spanish. Last update in April 2019.

proprietary trading

When a financial institution trades for direct gain instead of commission. Essentially, the institution has decided to profit from the market rather than from commissions from processing trades.

Updated: 11 Dec 2016
proprietary trading

When a financial institution trades for direct gain instead of commission. Essentially, the institution has decided to profit from the market rather than from commissions from processing trades.

Updated: 11 Dec 2016