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On November 15, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued a Regulatory Notice concerning the Securities and Exchange Commission’s approval of SEC Rule 6898 (Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) Fee Dispute Resolution). The new rule establishes a procedure under which an industry member that disputes a CAT fee must file a written application with the CAT NMS,…

Earlier this year, several exchanges and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority filed proposed rule changes to adopt industry member fees that would fund the consolidated audit trail (CAT). The proposed rule changes were immediately effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. However, on June 30, the SEC temporarily suspended the rules and initiated …

In February, pursuant to Regulation NMS, the various national securities exchanges and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (each, a Participant) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a plan (Plan) to create, implement and maintain a consolidated audit trail (CAT) to capture information related to customers and order events for transactions in NMS securities and over-the-counter equity securities. The CAT will capture order information across all markets and throughout the life of an order (from inception to execution).
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On November 15, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved the consolidated audit trail (CAT) plan proposed by the self-regulatory organizations (SROs).  As specified by the CAT plan, the CAT will be designed to create a central repository to track all trading activity in national market system (NMS) securities, including options and equity securities.
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