Pursuant to Regulatory Notice 12-36, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), together with the other interested members of the Intermarket Surveillance Group (ISG interested members), have delayed the effective dates for firms to submit new data elements for Electronic Blue Sheets (EBS). The postponed compliance dates correspond with the extensions granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission for the implementation of the SEC Large Trader Reporting Rule.
FINRA issued Regulatory Notice 11-56 (RN 11-56) on December 13, 2011, which announced enhancements to EBS. These enhancements, which were a joint effort of FINRA and the ISG interested members, were designed “to improve the regulatory agencies’ ability to analyze broker-dealers’ trading activities.” FINRA and the ISG interested members have now extended the compliance dates for the Blue Sheet reporting requirements to November 30, 2012 and May 1, 2013, so that broker-dealers have additional time to develop, test and implement the enhancements.
By November 30, 2012, broker-dealers must be in Blue Sheet reporting compliance with the seven new fields described in RN 11-56, which may apply to all National Market System securities and for all transactions effected (directly or indirectly) by or through (a) any proprietary account of a U.S. registered broker-dealer or (b) any account used by a customer that trades through a “sponsored access” arrangement.
By May 1, 2013, broker-dealers must be in Blue Sheet reporting compliance for the “Order Execution Time, Entering Firm Identifier and Executing Firm Identifier” fields in all securities and all types of transactions effected (directly or indirectly) by or through all types of accounts that are Blue Sheet reportable.
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