73 FR 140 pgs. 42388-42389 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board; Order Granting Approval of Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 1, Relating to Rule G-11, on New Issue Syndicate Practices, and Rule G-12, on Uniform Practice
Type: NOTICEVolume: 73Number: 140Pages: 42388 - 42389
Docket number: [Release No. 34-58154; File No. SR-MSRB-2008-03]
FR document: [FR Doc. E8-16589 Filed 7-18-08; 8:45 am]
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-58154; File No. SR-MSRB-2008-03]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board; Order Granting Approval of Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 1, Relating to Rule G-11, on New Issue Syndicate Practices, and Rule G-12, on Uniform Practice
July 15, 2008.
On March 18, 2008, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board ("MSRB"), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission"), pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act"),1and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,2a proposed rule change consisting of amendments to Rule-11, on new issue syndicate practices, and Rule G-12, on uniform practice. The proposed rule change was published for comment in the Federal Register on April 18, 2008.3The Commission received no comment letters about the proposed rule change. On June 26, 2008, the MSRB filed Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule change.4This order approves the proposed rule change as modified by Amendment No. 1.
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1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 57659 (April 14, 2008), 73 FR 21166 (April 18, 2008) ("Commission's Notice").
4 Amendment No. 1 clarifies a broker, dealer or municipal securities dealer's existing obligations and does not add any new requirements. This is a technical amendment and is not subject to notice and comment.
The proposed rule change consists of amendments to Rule G-11 and Rule G-12 that (a) delete Rule G-12(i); (b) consolidate the remaining syndicate practice provisions of Rule G-12 into Rule G-11; (c) delete the syndicate-related sections of Rule G-12; and (d) make minor technical corrections to Rule G-11. A full description of the proposal is contained in the Commission's Notice.
The Commission finds that the proposed rule change is consistent with the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder applicable to the MSRB5and, in particular, the requirements of Section 15B(b)(2)(C) of the Act6and the rules and regulations thereunder. Section 15B(b)(2)(C) of the Act requires, among other things, that the MSRB's rules be designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to foster cooperation and coordination with persons engaged in regulating, clearing, settling, processing information with respect to, and facilitating transactions in municipal securities, to remove impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market in municipal securities, and, in general, to protect investors and the public interest.7In particular, the Commission finds that the proposed rule change is consistent with the Act because it will facilitate transactions in municipal securities and protect investors and the public interest by creating a consolidated rule that seeks to avoid inadvertent rule violations and clarifies and modernizes its rules to bring them into line with the realities of current market practice without compromising investor protection.
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5 In approving this proposed rule change, the Commission notes that it has considered the proposed rule's impact on efficiency, competition and capital formation. 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
6 15 U.S.C. 78o-4(b)(2)(C).
7 Id.
It is therefore ordered, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,8that the proposed rule change (SR-MSRB-2008-03), as modified by Amendment No. 1, be, and it hereby is, approved.
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8 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.9
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9 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
Florence E. Harmon,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-16589 Filed 7-18-08; 8:45 am]
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