October 30, 2003OATS Phase 3 reporting of manual orders has not yet been approved by the SEC. NASD, however, is reminding firms that have previously submitted an OATS Subscriber Initiation and Registration Form ("SIRF") indicating that they are Phase 3 firms to periodically review their business model and order handling processes to ensure they continue to qualify as a Phase 3 firm. If
August 22, 2003Firms have several options now available to them for the transmission of OATS data, which must be transmitted electronically to NASD by 4:00 a.m. the morning after a particular market day. There are currently four reporting mechanisms as detailed below. Firms are responsible for reporting in a timely manner and for monitoring and repairing rejections.Private Network - Firms may
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Internal Audit
Legal & Compliance
Municipal
Operations
Syndicate
Systems
Trading
Memorial Day: Trade Date — Settlement Date Schedule
The Nasdaq Stock MarketSM and the securities exchanges will be closed on Monday, May 25, 1998, in observance of Memorial Day. "Regular way" transactions made on the business days noted below will be
NASDR has filed with the SEC a proposed rule change to Rule 2210 of the Conduct Rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. to require that written or electronic communications prepared for a single customer be subject to the general standards and those specific standards of Rule 2210 that prohibit misleading statements.
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Internal Audit
Legal & Compliance
Municipal
Operations
Syndicate
Systems
Trading
Presidents' Day: Trade Date — Settlement Date Schedule
The Nasdaq Stock Market and the securities exchanges will be closed on Monday, February 16, 1998, in observance of Presidents' Day. "Regular way" transactions made on the business days
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Trade Date — Settlement Date
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KEY TOPIC
Internal Audit
Legal & Compliance
Municipal/Government Securities
Operations
Trading & Market Making
Holiday Trade Date — Settlement Date Schedule
Good Friday: Trade Date — Settlement Date Schedule
The Nasdaq Stock Market® and the securities exchanges will be closed on Good Friday,
NASD has filed with the SEC a proposed rule change to amend NASD Rule 9522 to permit NASD's Department of Member Regulation ("Member Regulation") to approve MC-400 Applications of disqualified persons whose functions will be purely clerical and/or ministerial in nature.
May 2, 2003
Below are the order report formats for the New Report, Cancel/Replace Report, Combined Order/Route Report, Combined Order Execution Report, Route Report, and Execution Report, which will be effective in the OATS Testing environment on July 14, 2003 and in the OATS Production environment on July 28, 2003.
New Order Report
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Data Type (Length)
M/C
The NASD, through its wholly owned subsidiary, NASD Regulation, Inc., has filed with the SEC a proposed rule change to amend NASD Uniform Practice Code Rule 11870(e) to require that following the validation of a transfer instruction, the carrying member must complete the transfer of customer account(s) to the receiving member within three business days instead of four business days.
