Information popup: Investor types
Institutional: an investor with a special status under financial laws. In general it concerns large institutions that sell and buy securities for their investment portfolio. Institutional investors face fewer protective regulations than individual investors.
Intermediary: an entity that acts as a link between different parties in a financial transaction, such as a commercial bank, investment bank and a pension fund.
Individual: a legal or natural person not falling within the intermediary or institutional categories.
