Thursday 29 September 2011

Margin trading only for select brokerage firms

The market watchdog Capital Market Authority (CMA) will allow only select brokerage firms to carry out margin trading (or secured trading as it is called), said a top-level official of CMA.

“All brokerage firms will not be allowed to carry out such trading. Brokerage firms are required to get a separate licence for collateral trading (or margin trading) from the CMA. They have to apply for it,” Abdullah bin Salem bin Abdullah al Salmi, executive vice-president of the Capital Market Authority (CMA) told Times of Oman.

Margin trading allows investors to borrow money from a broker to purchase stocks, using their investment as collateral.

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