Customer Funds Law and Legal Definition
According to 17 CFR 1.3 (Title 17 - Commodity And Securities Exchanges; Chapter I - Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Part 1- General Regulations Under The Commodity Exchange Act; Definitions), the term customer funds means “all money, securities, and property received by a futures commission merchant or by a clearing organization from, for, or on behalf of, customers or option customers:
(1) In the case of commodity customers, to margin, guarantee, or secure contracts for future delivery on or subject to the rules of a contract market and all money accruing to such customers as the result of such contracts; and
(2) In the case of option customers, in connection with a commodity option transaction on or subject to the rules of a contract market:
(i) To be used as a premium for the purchase of a commodity option for an option customer;
(ii) As a premium payable to an option customer;
(iii) To guarantee or secure performance of a commodity option by an option customer; or
(iv) Representing accruals (including, for purchasers of a commodity option for which the full premium has been paid, the market value of such commodity option) to an option customer.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (gg)(1) and (2) of this section, the term customer funds shall exclude money, securities or property received to margin, guarantee or secure the trades or contracts of opt-out customers, and all money accruing to opt-out customers as the result of such trades or contracts, to the extent that such trades or contracts are made on or subject to the rules of any registered derivatives transaction execution facility that has authorized opting out in accordance with § 37.7 of this chapter.
(4) Notwithstanding paragraphs (gg)(1), (2) and (3) of this section, the term customer funds shall exclude money, securities or property held to margin, guarantee or secure security futures products held in a securities account, and all money accruing as the result of such security futures products.”
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- Additional Funds Needed [AFN]
- Administrative Subdivision of Funds
- Administrative Takedown Funds [Transportation]
- American Customer Satisfaction Index
- Average Agricultural Loan Customer
- Border Activity Funds [Transportation]
- Breakpoint [Mutual Funds]
- Broadly Diversified International Equity Funds
- Collective Investment Funds (CIFs)
- Commodity Customer
