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Securities and Commodity Exchanges
NAICS 523210 · United States · 2022 edition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in furnishing physical or electronic marketplaces for the purpose of facilitating the buying and selling of stocks, stock options, bonds, or commodity contracts.
Activities described by this code
Other activities to examine
- Investment banking, securities dealing, securities brokering, commodity contracts dealing, or commodity contracts brokering: 5231 — Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage;
- Operating commodity or securities exchange clearinghouses: 523999 — Miscellaneous Financial Investment Activities
Census classification reference
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Securities and commodity exchanges operate physical or electronic trading platforms that facilitate buying and selling of equities, options, futures, bonds, and commodity contracts among member firms and market participants. Day-to-day operations center on maintaining trading system uptime, managing member relationships, enforcing trading rules, and ensuring regulatory compliance with bodies such as the SEC or CFTC. These entities are large, complex financial infrastructure operators that typically sit well outside standard small-commercial or middle-market appetite.
Questions to investigate
- Is the exchange operator registered with the SEC, CFTC, or both, and are there any open regulatory inquiries or enforcement matters?
- What is the current state of trading system redundancy and disaster recovery capabilities?
- Has there been any history of trading platform outages, erroneous data dissemination, or technology-related member firm losses?
- What third-party technology vendors or data providers does the exchange rely on for critical operations?
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