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Technical Notice

U.S. Treasury Securities Executed to Hedge a Primary Market Transaction

December 09, 2019

Beginning June 1, 2020, as described in Regulatory Notice 19-30 members must report transactions in U.S. Treasury Securities executed to hedge a primary market transaction [that meets the FINRA Rule 6710 definition of “List or Fixed Offering Price Transaction” or “Takedown Transaction”] with an appropriate identifier.  The Sale Condition 2 Identifier, available via the TRAQS secure web browser and the TRACE for Treasuries FIX protocol (Tag 22002) will be available for this designation. 

SR-FINRA-2019-029

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to amend FINRA Rule 7610A to modify the securities transaction credits that apply to FINRA members that utilize the FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility Carteret (the “FINRA/Nasdaq TRF Carteret”) and the FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility Chicago (the “FINRA/Nasdaq TRF Chicago”) (collectively, the “FINRA/Nasdaq TRFs”).