Market Maker FAQ v1.0

5.    What have the Chinese got to do with all this? a.        What are Chinese walls?                                                                i.      Most Market Makers are part of huge financial organisations, and these are made up fund managers, investment advisors, brokers and much more besides.  In order to stop these people from exchanging information with each other (which would lead to breaches of client confidentiality, insider trading and much more besides) artificial and procedural rules are drawn up dictating what can be said and when.  These rules are know as Chinese Walls. <<Previous Home Next>> The latest version of this FAQ can be found at http://www.financiallinks.co.uk/Insider/InsiderIndex.htm. © Copyright Niro Computers Ltd 1999.  This FAQ is maintained by Jason Ward. This FAQ can be freely distributed, so long as the URL to the original and copyright message remain intact.

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