The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking comments on a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) proposal to adopt a Supplemental Liquidity Schedule (SLS), and instructions thereto, pursuant to FINRA Rule 4524. FINRA Rule 4524 provides in part that each member, as FINRA shall designate, shall file as a supplement to FOCUS Reports such additional financial or operational schedules or reports as FINRA may deem necessary. The proposed SLS, which would be filed as a supplement to the FOCUS Report, would be required to be filed by (1) each carrying member with at least $25 million in free credit balances, as outlined under Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (SEA) Rule 15c3-3(a)(8); and (2) any member with at least $1 billion in aggregate outstanding repurchase agreements, securities loan contracts and bank loans, as reported on their most recent FOCUS Report.
Members that would be subject to the SLS requirement would provide detailed reporting, using the SLS, as to their:
- reverse repurchase and repurchase agreements;
- securities borrowed and securities loaned;
- non-cash reverse repurchase and securities borrowed transactions;
- non-cash repurchase and securities loaned transactions;
- bank loan and other committed and uncommitted credit facilities;
- total available collateral in the member’s custody;
- margin and non-purpose loans;
- collateral securing margin loans;
- deposits at clearing organizations; and
- cash and securities received and delivered on derivative transactions not cleared through a central clearing counterparty
Comments are due on June 8.