Definition of "securities firm" []

• A stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "The securities firm is considering releasing documents about its mortgage bets that are aimed at showing what Goldman officials claim is sloppy math and incomplete analysis by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations as the panel sifted through tens of millions of documents turned over by Goldman."