On March 25, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued an Order granting the application by the Financial Information Forum (FIF) and Securities Traders Association (STA) for a temporary exemption from certain requirements of Rule 606 of Regulation NMS under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which requires broker-dealers to disclose certain information regarding the handling
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SEC Extends Compliance Date for Regulation NMS Changes
The Securities and Exchange Commission has extended the compliance dates for amendments to Rule 606 of Regulation National Market System (NMS) that were adopted in November 2018.
The amendments to Rule 606 require specific additional disclosures for broker-dealers, including disclosure upon customer request of information relating to a customer’s NMS stock orders submitted on a not held basis. The amendments also include public quarterly disclosure of information relating to NMS stock orders submitted on a held basis.
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FINRA Publishes Regulatory Notice Regarding ATS Supervision Obligations
On August 13, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued Regulatory Notice 18-25 to remind Alternative Trading Systems (ATS) to evaluate their supervisory systems to ensure compliance with their supervision obligations, including, without limitation, with respect to business continuity, recordkeeping, Regulation ATS, Regulation NMS, Regulation SHO and the SEC’s Market Access Rule, to the extent…
SEC Proposes Transaction Fee Pilot Program
On March 14, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed new Rule 610T of Regulation National Market System (Reg NMS), which would create a Transaction Fee Pilot program for all NMS stocks. The pilot program is designed to produce data on the effect of transaction fees and rebates on order routing behavior, execution quality, and market quality of the equities exchanges, including taker-maker exchanges.
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