SEC Seeks OMB Extension for Rule 17Ad-27 Reporting Requirements
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This notice keeps in place SEC reporting requirements for central matching service providers that help settle securities trades faster and more automatically. These providers must maintain policies that support straight-through processing and send the SEC an annual report on their procedures, progress, and trade-processing data. The practical effect is narrow. It mainly affects the small number of firms that provide matching services for institutional securities trades, along with broker-dealers, investment advisers, institutional investors, and custodians that rely on those services. The notice does not create a new trading rule; it asks OMB to extend approval for the existing information collection.
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Key Changes
- Extends OMB approval for the SEC’s existing Rule 17Ad-27 information collection
- Continues annual reporting by central matching service providers on policies, progress, and trade-processing data
- Supports faster settlement of securities trades through straight-through processing requirements
Obligations
What this law requires
A central matching service provider must establish, implement, maintain, and enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed to facilitate straight-through processing for securities transactions involving broker-dealers and their customers.
A central matching service provider must submit a report to the SEC every twelve months regarding its policies and procedures for facilitating straight-through processing, its progress, and trade-processing data required under Rule 17Ad-27.