Institutional customers

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Institutional customers is a term used in the financial services industry to differentiate retail customers and corporate customers from other financial instiutions such as banks, insurance companies and fund management companies.

In several jurisdictions financial institutions may be able to enter transactions under a laxer regulatory environment than the other customer categories.