2012-12-03 | 2012-29048Added · Updated
The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a correction to its proposed rulemaking regarding capital, margin, and segregation requirements for security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants, as well as capital requirements for broker-dealers. The agency is amending specific technical errors in footnote 172 on page 70233 and paragraph 6.c. on page 70332 of the original Federal Register notice published on November 23, 2012. These corrections adjust table headings and modify a threshold phrase from 'less than 50%' to 'less than or equal to 50%' to ensure regulatory accuracy.
This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules. Proposed Rules Federal Register 71568 Vol. 77, No. 232 Monday, December 3, 2012 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 17 CFR Part 240 [Release No. 34–68071A; File No. S7–08– 12] RIN 3235–AL12 Capital, Margin, and Segregation Requirements for Security-Based Swap Dealers and Major SecurityBased Swap Participants and Capital Requirements for Broker-Dealers; Correction AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission. ACTION: Proposed rule; correction. SUMMARY: Technical corrections are being made to the Commission’s Release No. 34–68071, which proposed capital and margin requirements for securitybased swap dealers (‘‘SBSDs’’) and major security-based swap participants (‘‘MSBSPs’’), segregation requirements for SBSDs, and notification requirements with respect to segregation for SBSDs and MSBSPs, as well as increases to the minimum net capital requirements for broker-dealers permitted to use the alternative internal model-based method for computing net capital. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sheila Dombal Swartz, Special Counsel, at (202) 551–5545, or Valentina Minak Deng, Attorney, at (202) 551–5778, Division of Trading and Markets, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549–7010. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Specifically, corrections are being made to the table in footnote 172 on page 70233 and paragraph 6.c. of page 70332 of volume 77 of the Federal Register. The following corrections are hereby made to Release No. 34–68071 (October 18, 2012), which was published in FR Doc. 2012–26164 and appeared on page 70214 of the Federal Register on November 23, 2012 (77 FR 70214):
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