Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
SROs Submit Plan for Audit Trail, Initial Costs Estimates Average $53 Million
A group of self-regulatory organizations (SROs) selected by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) submitted its plan to build, implement and maintain the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) that will track activity in every National Market System (NMS)…
BATS Delays New Feed Launch After SEC Extends Review Period
BATS Global Markets has delayed the launch of its BATS One consolidated feed of data from the four equities markets operated by its BATS and Direct Edge exchange, after the Securities and Exchange Commission extended its 45-day period by a further 45…
SEC Taps SmartStream for Reconciliations Data
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has selected SmartStream's TLM Reconciliations Premium and SmartRecs products to enhance its front-line oversight division's capabilities.
Opening Cross: The Challenge of Achieving True Data Transparency
Transparency has been a focus for regulators and market participants in the wake of the financial crisis as they try to combat the potential impact of illiquid assets and imperfect market structures. And transparency—albeit of a different sort—was also a…
SEC Continues Data Focus with Risk Analytics Office
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced the formation of a new office within the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (Dera), which will develop data-driven tools to support regulatory activities.
Exchanges, FINRA Inch Closer to CAT Plan
US self-regulatory organizations including the US exchanges and regulator FINRA are preparing to narrow down the list of candidates for the role of processor of the US consolidated audit trail (CAT), which will capture all trades, quotes, cancellations…
Industry Firms Consult on CAT NMS Plan Response
As self-regulatory organizations evaluate bids to become the Consolidated Audit Trail processor, the Development Advisory Group of industry firms and organizations will offer input on related time stamping and manual order issues
IEX Hires Ramsay for Regulatory Role
Venue operator IEX has announced that John Ramsay will take on the post of chief market policy and regulatory officer at the firm.
Blaszkowsky Joins State Street
David Blaszkowsky, a data regulation executive at the Office of Financial Research and the US Securities and Exchange Commission in recent years, has been hired as a senior vice president of data governance at State Street
Opening Cross: Market Data Meteorologists: Forecasting the Many Faces of Cloud
Over 200 years ago, British chemist and amateur meteorologist Luke Howard laid the foundations for the classification of clouds used today, which, in their various forms, can resemble anything from gauzy material shrouding the sky, to flying saucers,…
Finra CIO: Our New Technology Will Lead to More Focused Surveillance
Finra's CIO Steve Randich explained how its new systems of data collection and analysis will lead to a more focused and efficient way of monitoring broker-dealers and ensuring regulatory compliance, during the North American Financial Information Summit…
US Accountability Body Criticizes SEC Infosec Approach
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a critical report on information security practices at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), finding that basic security measures are not taken by the regulator and that it must improve.
Consolidated Audit Trail Gets New Push
Bidding to become the processor of consolidated audit trail has just closed, leading into a process of choices and approvals by the SEC and self-regulatory organizations likely to last into 2015 and beyond
Should SEC’s 'Parking Scheme' Charges Portend Greater Trading Surveillance?
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week charged two New York-based traders with executing a trading “parking scheme” designed to preserve bonuses, and its enforcement action should prompt investment banks to assess their ability to detect…
SEC Chair White Emphasizes Technology Agenda for 2014
Mary Jo-White, the chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has expanded on the new technical capabilities of the regulator, in her first speech of the year.
2013 Review: Social Media, ‘Hash Crash’ Are 2013’s #trendingtopics
Just as 2010 was the year of the Flash Clash, 2013 will be remembered as teh year of the “Hash Crash,” when the debate over whether social media influences stock prices was settled by hackers.
2013 Review: For Exchanges in 2013, Life’s a Glitch
US stock and options exchanges suffered such significant outages in 2013 that regulators step ped in to bring the markets to task over the failures, many of which were linked to problems with the exchanges’ ability to disseminate market data.
US Exchanges, SEC Mull Anti-Data Glitch Proposals
In the past month, stock and option exchanges have agreed and submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission recommendations to strengthen the performance of the US capital markets infrastructure, following several well-publicized data failures…
Nasdaq Apologizes for Trading Disruption, Cites NYSE as Catalyst
Nasdaq OMX has released a report on the August 22 technology disruption that saw trading on the exchange halted for three hours, creating a knock-on effect for a number of other crossing networks and markets.
Malfunction! Malfunction!
It’s not been a great week for capital markets technology. For the past seven days, I’ve had the image of Robby the Robot in my head, being told by Doctor Mobius to go against his basic programming, and building up to a short circuit as a result. This,…
SEC Chief to Summon Industry Heads After Tech Outages
Mary Jo White, chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has said that she will convene a meeting of senior industry executives after an outage at Nasdaq OMX halted trading for three hours on Thursday.
For Regulators, Data Engineers in Demand
Regulators in the US have had to significantly increase not only their IT hardware and software, but their staffing as well, to meet Dodd-Frank-related demands.
US Regulators' Technology Burden
The passage of the Dodd–Frank Act in the US, while necessary, has not just stressed many Wall Street firms’ IT budgets—it has also required a substantial investment on the parts of the US regulators. Anthony Malakian charts the progress that has been…