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Challenges to CAT Adoption Still Remain
One month ago, on April 27, the Securities and Exchange Commission published its plans for a mandated Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) for public comment, along with an economic analysis of the initiative, which it estimates will cost the industry $2.4…
LEI System Ready to Take the Next Step
Direct and ultimate parent information is next for firms getting LEIs
Swaps Reporting Deadline Pushed Back
SEC grants swap data repositories a three-month extension
SEC Continue to Delay Ruling on IEX Approval, Reports Say
The SEC will use a "proceeding of disapproval" to get around IEX not agreeing to another delay, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The Industry Reacts to Dark Pool Fines
While most were not surprised by the size of the penalties, there are plenty residual effects still to be felt from the news.
Barclays, Credit Suisse Acquiesce to SEC Dark Pool Settlements
Barclays and Credit Suisse agree to pay $70 million and $84.3 million, respectively, to settle cases of misrepresentation of dark pool operations.
Spoofing: Defining the Indefinable
Dan DeFrancesco looks at the recent spoofing verdict and discusses, with some perspectives of those in the industry, why it’s such a difficult thing to define.
Citi Settles $15 Million Penalty With SEC Over Compliance, Surveillance Failures
Citi failed to properly review thousands of trades executed by several of its trading desks during a 10-year period.
ITG's $20.3 million Settlement With SEC Sets Record For an ATS
The broker agreed to settle on charges regarding the operation of a secret trading desk and misuse of confidential trading information of dark pool subscribers.
SEC Proposed Rule to Modernize, Extend Systemic Risk Reporting for Mutual Funds
Two new forms, Form N-Port and N-Cen, are at the heart of a new set of rules proposed by the SEC.
SEC’s Stein: SEC Needs Data Analysis Office
Commisioner advocates for SEC-level chief data officer to oversee data management and analysis.
The Impact of Reg SCI
Will the SEC's newest reg have a lasting ripple effect
Azure Disruptions Show Firms Need a Plan for When Outages Occur
Abacus CTO Viktor Tadijanovic discusses having proper contingencies in place for a service interruption
SEC Votes to Strengthen Systems Compliance and Integrity
Regulation Systems Compliance and Integrity requires entities to have a plan for when systems fail.
CAT Conundrum: SROs, Vendors Vie to Build Consolidated Audit Trail
In 2012, the US Securities and Exchange Commission passed Rule 613, requesting the industry to develop a plan to build and run a platform capable of tracking and storing information on every order, cancellation, modification and trade execution for…
Liquidnet Settles SEC Case for Improper Use of Customer Data
Dark pool operator Liquidnet on Friday agreed to pay a $2 million fine to settle a US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charge that the New York-based brokerage improperly used subscribers' confidential trading information in marketing its…
SEC's Berman: Let Data Allay Investors' Fears, Drive Test Pilots
Gregg Berman, associate director of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) office of analytics and research (OAR), told an audience at the annual Options Industry Conference in Austin, Texas, that while distinct from the major technology…
Quality Time for Counterparty Data
A recent report by an international group of market supervisors has expressed concern about firms’ ability to report on their counterparties. Why does this area of data management remain so challenging and what should firms do to a get a handle on it,…
Counterparty Reporting Still Below Standard, Say Market Supervisors
According to an international group of market supervisors, five years after the financial crisis, firms are not meeting their expectations in relation to the consistent, timely and accurate reporting of their counterparty exposures
US Exchanges, SEC Mull Anti-Data Glitch Proposals
In the past month, stock and option exchanges have agreed and submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission recommendations to strengthen the performance of the US capital markets infrastructure, following several well-publicized data failures…
SEC Calls for Kill Switches Post-Nasdaq Outage
US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Mary Jo White met with top industry executives today following the technology glitch on August 22 that saw the trading of Nasdaq-listed securities halted for three hours.
Lessons from the Hash Crash
Over the past few months, a series of glitches similar to the one that caused the Hash Crash has made it clear that the financial markets are at the mercy of high-frequency trading machines. Some of these systems feed mostly on social media content,…
Anthony Malakian: HFT: Enemy of the State
With high-frequency trading existing in a state of uncertainty, the FBI is looking to join the SEC in examining the role algorithmic trading plays in the capital markets. Anthony says this is a good thing.
SIFMA Cries Foul to SEC Over UTP Tape C Fee Hike
SIFMA calls on SEC to reject 25 percent Tape C price increase, claims UTP did not follow mandated procedures before raising fees.