Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension: Rule 17Ad-27

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Securities and Exchange Commission [OMB Control No. 3235-0799] Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549-2736 Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 ( 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. ), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or “Commission”) is soliciting comments on the proposed collection of information provided for in Rule 17Ad-27 as applied to entities that provide matching services that are exempt from registration as a clearing agency. [ 1 ] As part of the final set of rules to achieve a further shortening of the standard settlement cycle for securities transactions from two business days after the transaction date to one business day following the transaction date, Rule 17Ad-27 requires exempt entities that perform matching services to facilitate the settlement of securities transactions (referred to as a “central matching service provider” or “CMSP”) to establish, implement, maintain and enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed to facilitate straight-through processing for transactions involving broker-dealers and their customers. [ 2 ] CMSPs electronically facilitate communication among a broker-dealer, an institutional investor or its investment adviser, and the institutional investor's custodian to reach agreement on the details of a securities trade. CMSPs emerged as a result of effor…