Trading Surveillance Office
The trading surveillance office ( HÜSt ), as an independent exchange organ, controls trading and exchange transactions on an exchange. According to the German Stock Exchange Act , every stock exchange in Germany has to have a trading surveillance office.
According to Section 7 (1) of the BörsG, its statutory mandate is to systematically and completely record and evaluate data on exchange trading and exchange transactions, and to carry out the necessary investigations.
This includes:
- Observation of the price determination
- Control of the behavior of trading participants
- Compliance with regulations, stock exchange regulations and orders
- Guarantee of proper trading
Web links
- Trading surveillance office HÜSt. Basics: steering and control. Frankfurt Stock Exchange, accessed on July 29, 2018 .