Clearing House
An adjunct to a futures exchange through which transactions executed its floor are settled by a process of matching purchases and sales. A clearing organization is also charged with the proper conduct of delivery procedures and the adequate financing of the entire operation. |
Similar financial terms
Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing CorporationA wholly owned subsidiary of the Midwest Stock Exchange that operates a clearing service for the comparison, netting, and margining of agency-guaranteed MBSs transacted for forward delivery.
Market clearing
Total demand for loans by borrowers equals total supply of loans from lenders. The market, any market, clears at the equilibrium rate of interest or price.
Clearing House Automated Payments System (CHAPS)
A computerized clearing system for sterling funds that began operations in 1984. It includes 14 member banks, nearly 450 participating banks, and is one of the clearing companies within the structure of the Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS).
Clearing House Interbank Payments System (CHIPS)
An international wire transfer system for high-value payments operated by a group of major banks.
Clearing member
A member firm of a clearing house. Each clearing member must also be a member of the exchange. Not all members of the exchange, however, are members of the clearing organization. All trades of a non-clearing member must be registered with, and eventually settled through, a clearing member.
Wire house
A firm operating a private wire to its own branch offices or to other firms, commission houses or brokerage houses.
Trade house
A firm which deals in actual commodities.
Public warehouse
Warehouse operated by an independent warehouse company on its own premises.
Block house
Brokerage firms that help to find potential buyers or sellers of large block trades.
Commission house
A firm which buys and sells future contracts for customer accounts.
Household income
The total level of income earned by all the households in the economy. This will be a significant part of the overall level of National Income.
Licensed Warehouse
A warehouse approved by exchange from which a commodity may be delivered on a futures contract.
