Legally segregated, Operationally commingled

Acronym: LSOC
The only type of segregation that is allowed under the Dodd-Frank regulation. Under this type of segregation, the client’s collateral can be stored in a single account (operationally commingled) but record keeping distinguishes between different clients (legally segregated). Thus, the client’s collateral is segregated from the Futures Commission Merchant’s propriety and a trade-off between costs and risk is found.