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7. Series 57 Regs
FINRA Series 57 Exam - Equity Markets Securities Regulations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| disclosure is alowed for net transactions is Market makers must aply for an excused withdrawal | Equipment failure. |
| includes a quote only period of how long? If a NYSE-listed stock is halted due to the pending | Once the security is re-opened on the NYSE |
| fifinal 5 minutes prior to the market's close, when does trading in the stock resume? At the opening of trading what is a stock's reference | The stock's opening price. |
| capital of The defifinition of a prime broker is | A financial firm that performs a suite of bundled services for hedge funds and other large institutional clients. |
| technical problem and should be bypased for order routing, a broker-dealer's normal response is to The situation that normaly causes a broker-dealer to | Another broker-dealer or exchange is having a technical problem and should be bypased when routing orders. |
| transactions? A trading system that provides quotation and trade | An Alternative Trading System (ATS). |
| execution for its users, like an exchange, but is exempt from registration as an exchange is caled The purpose of an Alternative Trading System (ATS) | Provide market liquidity, via quote and execution services, as an alternative to the registered exchanges. |
| required to report trades? What are Alternative Trading Systems (ATS's) | seconds of execution. Establish writen standards for granting aces. They are not alowed to prohibit or limit aces by aplying |
| consists of For which trades do NMS Rule 605 reports capture | made during normal market hours. Trades made during normal market hours. |
| execution data? Who publishes NMS Rule 605 reports and how often? | Market centers (exchanges) publish this data monthly. |
| The purpose of NMS Rule 606 reports on order | Provide transparency into a broker-dealer's order routing by disclosing payment for order flow received and |
| routing is to Who prepares NMS Rule 606 reports on order routing | profit-sharing arangements. Broker-dealers prepare the reports quarterly. |
| and how often? What types of orders are included in NMS Rule 606 | Market orders, limit orders and other non-directed orders. Directed orders are not included. |
| broker-dealer has routed her orders, the firm is required to provide A NMS Rule 606 report on order routing must | The top 10 venues to which the broker-dealer routs orders and any other venue to which the firm routes at least |
| directed orders to NYSE Arca. What data must the quarterly Rule 606 report disclose for NYSE Arca? For purposes of large trader identifification (LTID), a | and other non-directed orders routed to NYSE Arca. A firm or person whose NMS transactions equal or exced either: Two milion shares or $20 milion during |
| large trader is defifined as What thre requirements must large traders must | any calendar day, or 20 milion shares or $20 milion during any calendar month. 1. Obtain a large trader ID (LTID). 2. disclose the LTID to broker-dealers. 3. File form 13H within 45 calendar |
| met? How often must large traders fifile Form 13H and what | days of year-end (by February 15). The form must be filed anualy, within 45 days calendar of year-end (by February 15). |
| is the deadline? Once a firm qualififies as a large trader, it can only | Remaining below the thresholds for a ful calendar year. The designation of large inactive trader begins the |
| become a large inactive trader by A registered representative emails al of his | folowing calendar year. No, this is a blanket recomendation, which is a violation of suitability rules. |
| non-public advance knowledge of the content of a research report is caled Regulation NMS Rules 605 and 606 require uniform | Where customer orders are being routed and the quality of execution received. |
| information about Under Reg NMS Rule 605, how frequently must | Monthly |
| market centers fifile reports? Under Reg NMS Rule 606, how frequently must | Quarterly |
| broker-dealers fifile reports? Once a large trading firm becomes inactive, it does | Its transactions are equal to or greater than the threshold level. |
| not ned to fifile Form 13H until How do active large traders identify themselves to | By filing Form 13H. |
| regulators and the public? If a large trader fails to identity itself by fifiling Form | Only if the large trader is considered active. Inactive status (and no filing) is available for large traders who do |
| 13H, has it comited a violation? How is a large trade defifined under SEC rules? | not exced a threshold level. A large trader is any person or entity that efects transactions that exced two milion shares or $20 milion in |