Usually, they earn their pay by receiving a brokerage fee from the doctors and do not cost anything to the patient.

The broker (agent clearing member) provides the necessary collaterals and acquires/sells the required electricity volumes for its clients, in return for a small brokerage fee.

She revealed her competitive streak most memorably in 1975 with the ending of fixed brokerage fees in 1975.

However, this showed only the impact of the company's own annual management fee, excluding taxes, third-party brokerage fees and the cost of the underlying funds.

Service providers, when classified as agents, are able to report trading and brokerage fees as revenue, although not for the full value of the transaction.