{"data":{"id":"us/17-cfr-240.3a71-1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"17 CFR 240.3a71-1","heading":"a71-1 Definition of “security-based swap dealer.”","body":"(a) General. The term security-based swap dealer in general means any person who:\n(1) Holds itself out as a dealer in security-based swaps;\n(2) Makes a market in security-based swaps;\n(3) Regularly enters into security-based swaps with counterparties as an ordinary course of business for its own account; or\n(4) Engages in any activity causing it to be commonly known in the trade as a dealer or market maker in security-based swaps.\n(b) Exception. The term security-based swap dealer does not include a person that enters into security-based swaps for such person's own account, either individually or in a fiduciary capacity, but not as a part of regular business.\n(c) Scope of designation. A person that is a security-based swap dealer in general shall be deemed to be a security-based swap dealer with respect to each security-based swap it enters into, regardless of the type, class, or category of the security-based swap or the person's activities in connection with the security-based swap, unless the Commission limits the person's designation as a security-based swap dealer to specified types, classes, or categories of security-based swaps or specified activities of the person in connection with security-based swaps.\n(d) Inter-affiliate activities—(1) General. In determining whether a person is a security-based swap dealer, that person's security-based swaps with majority-owned affiliates shall not be considered.\n(2) Meaning of majority-owned. For these purposes the counterparties to a security-based swap are majority-owned affiliates if one counterparty directly or indirectly owns a majority interest in the other, or if a third party directly or indirectly owns a majority interest in both counterparties to the security-based swap, where “majority interest” is the right to vote or direct the vote of a majority of a class of voting securities of an entity, the power to sell or direct the sale of a majority of a class of voting securities of an entity, or the right to receive upon dissolution or the contribution of a majority of the capital of a partnership.","path":["Title 17—Commodity and Securities Exchanges","CHAPTER II—SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","PART 240—GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS, SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934","Subpart A—Rules and Regulations Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-17.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:31Z","sha256":"e3339c16864425e0846b1c2714adff1995b16bbb1c18de270040d7a6697dbc77","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/17-cfr-240.3a69-3","next":"us/17-cfr-240.3a71-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}