SCIAN 5231—Brokerage firms, currency exchange houses and currency exchange centers

Where 5231 sits

1. 52 Financial and insurance services
2. 523 Stock market, foreign exchange and financial investment activities
3. 5231 Brokerage firms, currency exchange houses and currency exchange centers

Contains 2 narrower codes

• 52311 Brokerage firms
• 52312 Currency exchange offices and currency exchange centers

Description

Economic units primarily engaged in financial intermediation between the investing public and the economic units subscribed to the stock market and the government, through the placement, purchase and sale of shares, debt instruments and securities, and foreign exchange trading operations.

Cross-references for 5231

• Establishments primarily engaged in the administration of the securities market (5232, Stock Exchange), and provide investment advisory services in the securities market (5239, Investment advice and other services related to stock brokerage).

5231 in other systems