Omnibus account - An account carried by one futures commission merchant with another futures commission merchant in which the transactions of two or more persons are combined and carried in the name of the originating broker, rather than designated separately. Related: commission house.
In the US, an account carried by one Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) with another. The transactions of two or more individual accounts are combined in this type of account. The identities of the individual account holders are not disclosed to the holding FCM. A brokerage firm may have an omnibus account including all its customers with its clearing firm.
Omnibus account : an account carried by one futures commission merchant with another futures commission merchant in which the transactions of two or more persons are combined and carried in the name of the originating broker, rather than designated separately. related: commission house.
in the us, an account carried by one futures commission merchant (fcm) with another. the transactions of two or more individual accounts are combined in this type of account. the identities of the individual account holders are not disclosed to the holding fcm. a brokerage firm may have an omnibus account including all its customers with its clearing firm.
Omnibus account