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front office definition - finance
In the brokerage industry, the company employees who work literally in the front part of the office and deal with clients. Front-office employees produce revenue, in contrast with back-office employees who provide support for client operations, such as managing the firmÂ’s trading and accounting systems.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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