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For Co-Brokers and Mandate Representatives

If your principal is real,
ClearBridge protects
both of you.

BGC accepts verified co-brokers whose principals can complete and clear the ClearBridge Protocol. Co-broker of record status is established at CSA intake. If the engagement closes, IMFPA protects your commission from the moment of Introduction Notice. BGC does not engage broker chains — one named principal per submission.

How Co-Broker Access Works

Four steps from submission to commission protection.

1

Direct Your Principal to ClearBridge

Send your principal to baumglobalcommodities.com/verify to complete the Confidential Submission Agreement. The CSA collects their corporate particulars, mandate details, and principal identity. This is the only entry point — there are no informal submissions or email-only onboarding.

2

Identify Yourself as Co-Broker of Record

At CSA intake, your principal identifies you as the co-broker of record. Your name and company are logged against the BGC-CSA reference number from that moment forward. You do not submit separately — your principal's submission is the record that protects you.

3

Your Principal Clears ClearBridge Independently

BGC screens your principal — sanctions checks, beneficial ownership, position verification, documentation review. If your principal clears, BGC issues a Compliance Clearance Certificate and the engagement proceeds. If they don't clear, BGC issues a Decline Notice and does not proceed.

4

IMFPA Activates at Introduction Notice

When both sides are cleared and BGC issues the Introduction Notice, IMFPA commission protections are already in force from NCNDA execution. You are included in the NCNDA notification and commission structure from Introduction Notice forward — before your principal ever meets the other side.

What BGC Requires

  • A named, reachable principal — not a chain or a desk, one entity
  • A verifiable position, buy-side or sell-side, documented through Step 4
  • Willingness to support your principal through the ClearBridge documentation process
  • Identification as co-broker of record at CSA intake — not after the fact

What BGC Does Not Accept

  • "I have a buyer / seller" without a named principal
  • Positions forwarded from another desk or chain
  • Broker chains where your counterpart is also a broker
  • Unnamed beneficial owners at any layer
  • Upfront fee structures on either side

Why Route Through BGC

You've seen deals collapse at closing. You know what an unverified position costs.

In time. In reputation. In commission you earned but never received because there was no documentation that you were ever part of the deal.

BGC's ClearBridge Protocol exists to prevent exactly that. When both sides are verified before introduction, deals that reach Step 6 are real. Your commission is documented before your principal knows who they're meeting. That paper trail doesn't exist in a handshake introduction. It exists here.

Get Started

Direct your principal to ClearBridge.

Have your principal complete the Confidential Submission Agreement at BGC's ClearBridge portal. Identify yourself as co-broker of record at intake. BGC handles the rest.

Direct Principal to ClearBridge → Questions? Contact BGC