Chinese Wall

Fancy Way to Say: Separation Used to describe procedures enforced within a securities firm that separate the firm's departments to restrict access to non-public, material information, in order to avoid the illegal use of inside information. For example, information from the analysis or investment banking divisions of a firm are not shared with the trading or brokerage departments as advanced notice of material non-public information could be used to gain an unfair advantage.

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