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SEC Issues Statement on Custody of Digital Asset Securities by Special Purpose Broker-Dealers
On December 23, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a statement and request for comment relating to custody of digital asset securities by broker-dealers, including certain conditional, time-limited relief for such arrangements. The statement will become effective 60 days after its publication in the Federal Register.
Most significantly, the SEC’s statement indicates that, for a five-year period, a broker-dealer will not be subject to an SEC enforcement action on the basis that the broker-dealer has deemed itself to have obtained and maintained physical possession or control of customer fully paid and excess margin digital asset securities for the purposes of paragraph (b)(1) of SEC Rule 15c3-3 (the Customer Protection Rule), which requires such possession or control,
SEC Creates Security-Based Swaps Joint Venture
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the creation of the Security-Based Swaps Joint Venture, a collaborative venture among several SEC divisions and offices that will be responsible for coordinating functions related to the regulation of security-based swaps (SBS) and oversight of certain entities that will be required to register with the SEC (SBS entities).
The co-leads of the SBS Joint Venture will be Vivi Mazarakis, an Acting Assistant Director in the Division of Examinations, and Carol McGee, who is the Assistant Director for the Office of Derivatives Policy in the Division of Trading and Markets. The joint venture will also include participation from staff across the agency, including from the Division of Enforcement, the Division of Economic Risk and Analysis, the Office of International Affairs and the Office of the Chief Data Officer. The SBS Joint Venture will be an important part of the agency
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Washington, D.C. (Newsfile Corp. - December 18, 2020) - The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the creation of the Security-Based Swaps Joint Venture, a collaborative venture among several SEC divisions and offices that will be responsible for coordinating functions related to the regulation of security-based swaps (SBS) and oversight of certain entities that will be required to register with the SEC (SBS entities).
The co-leads of the SBS Joint Venture will be Vivi Mazarakis, an Acting Assistant Director in the Division of Examinations, and Carol McGee, who is the Assistant Director for the Office of Derivatives Policy in the Division of Trading and Markets. The joint venture will also include participation from staff across the agency, including from the Division of Enforcement, the Division of Economic Risk and Analysis, the Office of International Affairs and the Office of the Chief Data Officer. The SBS Joint Venture will be an important part of the agenc
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington D.C., Dec. 18, 2020
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the creation of the Security-Based Swaps Joint Venture, a collaborative venture among several SEC divisions and offices that will be responsible for coordinating functions related to the regulation of security-based swaps (SBS) and oversight of certain entities that will be required to register with the SEC (SBS entities).
The co-leads of the SBS Joint Venture will be Vivi Mazarakis, an Acting Assistant Director in the Division of Examinations, and Carol McGee, who is the Assistant Director for the Office of Derivatives Policy in the Division of Trading and Markets. The joint venture will also include participation from staff across the agency, including from the Division of Enforcement, the Division of Economic Risk and Analysis, the Office of International Affairs and the Office of the Chief Data Officer. The SBS Joint Venture will be an important p