Parking

Parking is placing securities in a nominee's name while retaining the real economic interest, in order to disguise ownership, evade position limits or defeat registration requirements.

manipulation techniques · updated 2026-09-08

Where does parking come up?

This term is used in the following manipulation techniques, each explained in full on its own page.

• Free riding and parking — Parking is placing securities in a nominee's name while keeping the real economic interest, in order to disguise ownership, evade position limits or defeat resale restrictions.
• Undisclosed control blocks — An undisclosed control block is a controlling shareholding held through nominees and offshore entities so that no individual holding crosses a reporting threshold, leaving the market with a false picture of who controls the company.

Enforcement actions involving these techniques

See also

• Nominee account — A nominee account is held in one person's name for another's benefit. Nominee structures are ordinary in custody arrangements and …
• Beneficial ownership — Beneficial ownership is the real economic interest in a security, regardless of whose name it is held in. It determines disclosure…

Terms that refer here

Nominee account

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