75 FR 59 pgs. 15479-15480 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The National Securities Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Aggregate Obligations in Certain Securities Transactions Designated for Settlement on a Trade-for-Trade Basis
Type: NOTICEVolume: 75Number: 59Pages: 15479 - 15480
Docket number: [Release No. 34-61762; File No. SR-NSCC-2010-02]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2010-6873 Filed 3-26-10; 8:45 am]
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-61762; File No. SR-NSCC-2010-02]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; The National Securities Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Aggregate Obligations in Certain Securities Transactions Designated for Settlement on a Trade-for-Trade Basis
March 23, 2010.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act"),1notice is hereby given that on March 4, 2010, The National Securities Clearing Corporation ("NSCC") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II, and III below, which Items have been prepared primarily by NSCC. NSCC filed the proposal pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act2and Rule 19b-4(f)(4)3thereunder so that the proposal was effective upon filing with the Commission. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
Footnotes:
1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).
3 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(4).
I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change
The purpose of the proposed rule change is to allow NSCC to aggregate obligations in certain securities transactions designated for settlement on a trade-for-trade basis.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
In its filing with the Commission, NSCC included statements concerning the purpose of and basis for the proposed rule change and discussed any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in Item IV below. NSCC has prepared summaries, set forth in sections (A), (B) and (C) below, of the most significant aspects of such statements.4
Footnotes:
4 The Commission has modified the text of the summaries prepared by NSCC.
(A) Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
NSCC may designate some or all transactions in a security to settle on a trade-for-trade basis.5In such cases, NSCC marks the transaction as a Special Trade and provides the counterparties with corresponding receive and deliver instructions to settle the transaction between themselves. Independent of action by NSCC, members may also agree to settle a transaction on a trade-for-trade basis and mark it as a Special Trade.
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5 This practice is addressed by NSCC's Rules and Procedures in the section titled "Procedure II. Trade Comparison and Recording Service."
NSCC proposes amending its Rules so that when NSCC is responsible for designating a transaction to settle as a Special Trade it may aggregate the daily receive and deliver obligations in that security between the counterparties. As a result, each counterparty at the end of the day would have only one aggregate receive obligation and one aggregate deliver obligation in the designated security as opposed to individually settling the multiple transactions.6The resulting buy order obligation and sell order obligation between the counterparties would not be netted against each other.7Receive and deliver orders for transactions designated by Members as Special Trades would continue to be issued on an individual transaction basis.
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6 As is currently the case for trade-for-trade items, NSCC would not guaranty the settlement of transactions aggregated pursuant to this proposal.
7 For example, if on a given day Broker A has 15 buys against Broker B in Security X, the transactions would be aggregated into one receive obligation for A and one deliver obligation for B. Likewise, if Broker A has 20 sells with Broker B on that same day for the same security, those items would also be aggregated into one deliver obligation for A and one receive obligation for B. In this example, A and B would each have two settlement obligations with the other party for Security X rather than the 35 obligations each would have without aggregation.
To facilitate this proposal, NSCC would amend Procedure II of its Rules to provide for aggregated receive and deliver instructions for trade-for-trade items and to clarify that receive and deliver instructions for trade-for-trade items are reported on the Consolidated Trade Summary. The proposed changes to NSCC's Rules can be found in Exhibit 5 to proposed rule change SR-NSCC-2010-02 at http://www.dtcc.com/downloads/legal/rule_filings/2010/nscc/2010-02.pdf.
NSCC believes that the proposed rule change is consistent with the requirements of Section 17A of the Act8and the rules and regulations thereunder applicable to NSCC because the proposed rule change promotes efficiencies in the clearance and settlement of securities transactions by modifying NSCC's Rules to reduce the number of settlement obligations for members when NSCC designates a transaction as a Special Trade.
Footnotes:
8 15 U.S.C. 78q-1.
(B) Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition
NSCC does not believe that the proposed rule change will have any impact or impose any burden on competition.
(C) Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others
Written comments relating to the proposed rule change have not yet been solicited or received. NSCC will notify the Commission of any written comments received by NSCC.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for Commission Action
The foregoing rule change has become effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act9and Rule 19b-4(f)(4)10thereunder because the proposed rule change effects a change in an existing service of a registered clearing agency that: (i) Does not adversely affect the safeguarding of securities or funds in the custody or control of the clearing agency or for which it is responsible and (ii) does not significantly affect the respective rights or obligations of the clearing agency or persons using the service. At any time within sixty days of the filing of such rule change, the Commission may summarily abrogate such rule change if it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
Footnotes:
9 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).
10 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(4).
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views and arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:
Electronic Comments
• Electronic comments may be submitted by using the Commission's Internet comment form ( http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml ), or
• Send an e-mail to rule-comments@sec.gov. Please include File No. SR-NSCC-2010-02 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
• Send paper comments in triplicate to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090.
All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NSCC-2010-02. This file number should be included on the subject line if e-mail is used. To help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently, please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on the Commission's Internet Web site ( http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml ). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for Web site viewing and printing in the Commission's Public Reference Section, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549, on official business days between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of such filings also will be available for inspection and copying at the principal office of NSCC and on NSCC's Web site at http://www.dtcc.com/downloads/legal/rule_filings/2010/nscc/2010-02.pdf.
All comments received will be posted without change; the Commission does not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All submissions should refer to file number SR-NSCC-2010-02 and should be submitted on or before April 19, 2010.
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.11
Footnotes:
11 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
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