Glossary
Every term between trade and settlement.
A trade that does not settle on its contractual settlement date because one party cannot deliver the required securities or cash, triggering penalties and buy-in procedures.
An open 12-character financial instrument identifier used to normalize securities, listings, share classes, and vendor symbols across systems.
The three-way match between sub-ledger, general ledger, and external statement that validates balance sheet integrity — with every break tracked as gross exposure for Rule 17a-5 and Rule 15c3-1 compliance.
FINRA supervision technology is the software infrastructure broker-dealers use to implement, enforce, and document the supervisory controls required under FINRA Rules 3110 and 3120.
The software layer managing FIX session state, message sequencing, heartbeats, and failover for broker-dealers connecting to brokers, venues, and ECNs.
The open messaging standard governing order routing, execution reporting, and allocation between broker-dealers, buy-side firms, and trading venues — upstream of SWIFT.
Open financial messaging standard where MsgType 8 Execution Reports trigger real-time trade capture and settlement pipeline processing for broker-dealers.
A settlement instruction that transfers an asset without a simultaneous payment leg, exposing the delivering party to principal risk until payment is separately confirmed.