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Trading by a financial institution on its own behalf, rather than acting primarily as an intermediary.
''Financial reporting and regulation.''


(PFI).


It is potentially highly profitable, but also risky.
For regulatory purposes, the definition of PFI includes the forward-looking equivalent of any financial information that might subsequently be prepared as historical reported information.  


Prudential regulations restrict the amount of proprietary trading that banks are allowed to do, in order to reduce the risk.
However, PFI is not limited to any specific reports or formats.  


 
Nor is PFI limited to information about profits, even though profits are the focus of many regulatory requirements.
Sometimes abbreviated to 'prop' trading.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Bank]]
*[[Financial reporting]]
* [[Broker-dealer]]
*[[Regulation]]
* [[Capital]]
* [[Commercial bank]]
* [[Designated investment firm]]
* [[Investment bank]]
* [[Investment firm]]
* [[Liikanen rule]]
* [[Merchant bank]]
* [[Primary market]]
* [[Proprietary]]
* [[Prudential]]
* [[Prudential regulation]]
* [[Secondary market]]
* [[Security]]


[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]

Revision as of 18:48, 3 September 2018

Financial reporting and regulation.

(PFI).

For regulatory purposes, the definition of PFI includes the forward-looking equivalent of any financial information that might subsequently be prepared as historical reported information.

However, PFI is not limited to any specific reports or formats.

Nor is PFI limited to information about profits, even though profits are the focus of many regulatory requirements.


See also