2003 Rule Filings

SR #

Subject

SEC Notice

NSCC Rule Filing (SR-NSCC-2003-23)

The proposed rule change consists of revisions to National Securities Clearing Corporation's ("NSCC" or the "Corporation") Fee Schedule.

Rule Filing Approval Notice (Release No. 34-49122; Release No. SR-NSCC-2003-23) - From the Federal Register (Vol. 69, No. 22 - February 3, 2004)

NSCC Rule Filing (SR-NSCC-2003-22)

The proposed rule change, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act, amends Addendums B and I of NSCC’s Rules to change the standards of financial responsibility required of applicants and members that are banks, trust companies and broker/dealers using certain of NSCC’s non-guaranteed services (i.e., as a Mutual Fund/Insurance Services member under Rule 2, or as a Fund Member under Rule 51 of NSCC’s Rules).

Rule Filing Approval Notice (Release No. 34-51174; Release No. SR-NSCC-2003-22) - From the Federal Register (Vol. 70, No. 32 - February 17, 2005)

NSCC Rule Filing (SR-NSCC-2003-21)


Withdrawal:
File No SR-NSCC-2003-21

The proposed rule change, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act, amends NSCC’s Rules to establish an information messaging system called the Separately Managed Accounts Service (“SMAS” or the “SMA Service”).

 

NSCC Rule Filing (SR-NSCC-2003-20)

Proposed rule change by National Securities Clearing Corporation ("NSCC") consisting of changes to the standards of financial responsibility required for certain NSCC applicants and members using NSCC's Mutual Fund and Insurance Services.

  • Amendment No. 1 to SR-NSCC-2003-20 (amended via e-mail on October 22, 2003) - At this time, the request for accelerated approval was withdrawn. In all other respects, the rule filing and exhibits remain as originally submitted.

Rule Filing Approval Notice (Release No. 34-49598; File No. SR-NSCC-2003-20) - From the Federal Register (Vol. 69, No. 82 - April 28, 2004)

NSCC Rule Filing (SR-NSCC-2003-19)

The proposed rule change consists of amendments to the Rules & Procedures of National Securities Clearing Corporation (“NSCC” or the “Corporation”) relating to end-of-day money settlement, and are annexed hereto as Exhibit A.

Rule Filing Approval Notice (Release No. 34-48744; File No. SR-NSCC-2003-19) - From the Federal Register (Vol. 68, No. 217 - November 10, 2003)

NSCC Rule Filing (SR-NSCC-2003-18)

The proposed rule change consists of an enhancement to the Insurance Processing Service ("IPS") of the National Securities Clearing Corporation ("NSCC"). The enhancement will allow Members, Insurance Carrier Members and Data Services Only Members of NSCC to transmit data and information relating to life insurance and annuities applications and, where applicable, settle payments relating thereto, all as further described below.

Rule Filing Approval Notice (Release No. 34-48896; File No. SR-NSCC-2003-18) - From the Federal Register (Vol. 68, No. 243 - December 18, 2003)

NSCC Rule Filing (SR-NSCC-2003-17)

The proposed rule change, pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act, modifies Rule 16 (Settlement of Commissions) and Addendum P (Fine Schedule) of NSCC’s Rules & Procedures to provide that fines may be imposed upon Members and Non-Clearing Members utilizing the Commission Settlement service, when they fail to timely pay all or part of their monthly Commission Settlement obligations to NSCC.

Rule Filing Approval Notice (Release No. 34-48290; File No. SR-NSCC-2003-17) - From the Federal Register (Vol. 68, No. 154 - August 11, 2003)

NSCC Rule Filing (SR-NSCC-2003-16)

The proposed rule change adds a new Rule 31 to NSCC's Rules and amends miscellaneous other provisions of NSCC's Rules as they pertain to Data Services Only Members.

Rule Filing Approval Notice (Release No. 34-48909; File No. SR-NSCC-2003-16) - From the Federal Register (Vol. 68, No. 247 - December 24, 2003)

NSCC Rule Filing (SR-NSCC-2003-15)

The purpose of the proposed rule change is to modify NSCC’s Rules & Procedures (the “Rules”) to allow implementation of a real-time trade matching system ("RTTM") for certain NSCC-eligible corporate bonds, municipal bonds and unit investment trusts (the "NSCC debt securities").

Rule Filing Approval Notice (Release No. 34-49294; File No. SR-NSCC-2003-15) - From the Federal Register (Vol. 69, No. 40 - March 1, 2004)

NSCC Rule Filing (SR-NSCC-2003-14)

This proposed rule change, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act, is to modify NSCC's procedures to accommodate the reporting of trades done on a system that provides trading on anonymity and needs to be approved concurrent with NASD 2003-85.

Rule Filing Approval Notice (Release No. 34-48526; File No. SR-NSCC-2003-14) - From the Federal Register (Vol. 68, No. 189 - September 30, 2003)

NSCC Rule Filing (SR-NSCC-2003-13)

The purpose of the proposed rule change is to adjust the fees that NSCC charges for the Initial Application Information (“APP”) feature of IPS.

Rule Filing Approval Notice (Release No. 34-48284; File No. SR-NSCC-2003-13) - From the Federal Register (Vol. 68, No. 156 - August 13, 2003)

NSCC Rule Filing (SR-NSCC-2003-12)

NSCC's proposed rule change, pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act, modifies NSCC’s Rules & Procedures in part, to make technical changes to the procedures to reflect the ways in which output is made available to members for listed and OTC processing, and to eliminate reference to NSCC’s performance of comparison processing for NYSE and AMEX exchange trades, as this service is now being performed by those exchanges.

Rule Filing Approval Notice (Release No. 34-48141; File No. SR-NSCC-2003-12) - From the Federal Register (Vol. 68, No. 136 - July 16, 2003)

NSCC Rule Filing (SR-NSCC-2003-11)

The purpose of the proposed rule change is to modify NSCC’s Rules & Procedures (the “Rules”) with regard to methodology used by the Corporation when performing the surveillance/monitoring of its participants, and to eliminate all participant/applicant questionnaires in their present form.

Rule Filing Approval Notice (Release No. 34–51362; File No. SR-NSCC-2003–11) - From the Federal Register (Vol. 70, No. 53 - March 21, 2005)

NSCC Rule Filing (SR-NSCC-2003-10)

NSCC's proposed rule change (which is being made pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act) effects technical corrections to Rule 7 (Comparison and Trade Recording Operation), Addendum A ( Fee Structure), eliminating references to Demand Withhold and Demand As-Of processing with regard to Over the Counter (“OTC”) equity securities, and eliminating reference to Demand As-Of processing with regard to debt securities, as these functions are no longer available.

Rule Filing Approval Notice (Release No. 34-48285; File No. SR-NSCC-2003-10) - From the Federal Register (Vol. 68, No. 156 - August 13, 2003)

NSCC Rule Filing (SR-NSCC-2003-09)

NSCC's proposed rule change (which is being made pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act) modifies Procedure XV (Clearing Fund Formula and Other Matters) of NSCC’s Rules & Procedures to delete the specific criteria used for determining which securities meet classifications for additional mark-to-the-market payments, and provide for a more generalized provision.

  • Amendment No. 1 to SR-NSCC-2003-09 - NSCC's proposed rule change (which is now being made pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act and includes additional information) modifies Versions 1 and 2 of Procedure XV (Clearing Fund Formula and Other Matters) of NSCC’s Rules & Procedures to delete the specific criteria used for determining which securities meet classifications for additional mark-to-the-market payments, and provide for a more generalized provision.

Rule Filing Approval Notice, (Release No. 34-50395, File No. SR-NSCC-2003-09)
From the Federal Register (Vol. 69, No. 183 - September 22, 2004)

NSCC Rule Filing (SR-NSCC-2003-08)

The proposed rule change being filed by NSCC consists of a modification of NSCC’s Rule 4, Section 12. In order to accommodate NSCC’s lenders, the language of the rule itself is being modified to make clear NSCC’s right to pledge its participants’ actual deposits to one or more lenders for the purposes enumerated in the Rule.

Rule Filing Approval Notice (Release No. 34-48131; File No. SR-NSCC-2003-08) - From the Federal Register (Vol. 68, No. 134 - July 14, 2003)

NSCC Rule Filing (SR-NSCC-2003-07)

As part of National Securities Clearing Corporation’s (“NSCC” or the “Corporation”) straight-through processing development efforts, the Corporation is revising its CNS and Balance Order processing. As part of this initiative, it has determined to modify the manner in which it reports Balance Order transaction data to participants, so as to make such information more readily available in a more efficient and cost effective manner.

Rule Filing Approval Notice (Release No. 34-47935 ; File No. SR-NSCC-2003-07) - From the Federal Register (Vol. 68, No. 107 - June 4, 2003)

NSCC Rule Filing (SR-NSCC-2003-06)

The proposed rule change (which is being made pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act) modifies Rule 4 (Clearing Fund) of NSCC’s Rules & Procedures to eliminate reference to “bearer” bonds, since only registered bonds are eligible for Clearing Fund purposes.

Rule Filing Approval Notice (Release No. 34-47767; File No. SR-NSCC-2003-06) - From the Federal Register (Vol. 68, No. 89 - May 8, 2003)

NSCC Rule Filing (SR-NSCC-2003-05)

The purpose of the proposed rule filing is to modify NSCC's Rules and Procedures such that notices via electronic format meet the Corporation's notification obligations.

 

Rule Filing Approval Notice (Release No. 34-50085; File No. SR-NSCC-2003-05) - From the Federal Register (Vol. 69, No. 146 - July 30, 2004)

NSCC Rule Filing (SR-NSCC-2003-04)

The proposed rule change consists of an enhancement to the Insurance Processing Service ("IPS") of the National Securities Clearing Corporation ("NSCC") that will provide information about insurance products to distributors of those products.

Rule Filing Approval Notice (Release No. 34-47644; File No. SR-NSCC-2003-04) - From the Federal Register (Vol. 68, No. 70 - April 11, 2003)

NSCC Rule Filing (SR-NSCC-2003-03)

NSCC's proposed rule change (which is being made pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act) will modify NSCC’s Rules and Procedures with regard to the execution time of CNS Buy-Ins.

Rule Filing Approval Notice (Release No. 34-49352; File No. SR-NSCC-2003-03) - From the Federal Register (Vol. 69, No. 45 - March 8, 2004)

NSCC Rule Filing (SR-NSCC-2003-02)

NSCC's proposed rule change (which is being made pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act) will create a new service, Cost Basis Reporting Service (“CBRS”), which will facilitate the automated exchange of cost basis information regarding a customer account transfer.

Rule Filing Approval Notice (Release No. 34-47603; File No. SR-NSCC-2003-02) - From the Federal Register (Vol. 68, No. 67 - April 8, 2003)

NSCC Rule Filing (SR-NSCC-2003-01)

The text of the proposed rule change adds a new Rule 59 to NSCC's Rules which authorizes NSCC to offer information services for investment products.

Notice of Withdrawal of a Proposed Rule Change (Release No. 34-48819; File No. SR-NSCC-2003-01) - From the Federal Register (Vol. 69, No. 232 - December 3, 2003)