68 FR 10 pg. 2089 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Type: NOTICEVolume: 68Number: 10Page: 2089
FR document: [FR Doc. 03-792 Filed 1-14-03; 8:45 am]
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange Commission; Office of Filings and Information Services; Washington, DC 20549.
Extension:
Rule 202(a)(11)-1, SEC File No. 270-471, OMB Control No. 3235-0532.
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. ), the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for extension of the previously approved collection of information discussed below.
The title for the collection of information is "Certain Broker-Dealers Deemed Not To Be Investment Advisers." Proposed rule 202(a)(11)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ("Advisers Act") would allow broker-dealers registered with the Commission to manage non-discretionary brokerage accounts without being subject to the Advisers Act regardless of the form of compensation charged those accounts provided that certain conditions are met. The rule would require that all advertisements for brokerage accounts charging an asset-based fee and all agreements and contracts governing the operation of those accounts contain a prominent statement that the accounts are brokerage accounts. This collection of information is necessary so that customers are not confused with respect to the services that they are receiving, i.e. , to prevent customers and prospective customers from mistakenly believing that the account is an advisory account subject to the Advisers Act. The collection will assist customers in making informed decisions regarding whether to establish accounts.
The respondents to this collection of information are all broker-dealers that are registered with the Commission. The Commission has estimated that the average annual burden for ensuring compliance with the disclosure element of the rule is 5 minutes per broker-dealer taking advantage of the rule. If all of the approximately 8,100 broker-dealers registered with the Commission took advantage of the rule, the total estimated annual burden would be 673 hours (.083 hours × 8,100 brokers).
The proposed rule imposes no additional requirements regarding record retention. The collection of information requirements under the proposed rule is mandatory. Any information received by the Commission related to the proposed rule would be kept confidential, subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number.
Written comments regarding the above information should be directed to the following persons: (i) Desk Officer for the Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; and (ii) Kenneth A. Fogash, Acting Associate Executive Director/CIO, Office of Information Technology, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of this notice.
Dated: January 8, 2003.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-792 Filed 1-14-03; 8:45 am]
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