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Consolidated Audit Trail, LLC and FINRA CAT, LLC will host Weekly Industry Testing Checkpoint Calls every Tuesday at 4:15 pm ET beginning on March 24, 2020 through April 28, 2020. The events will be held at 4:15 pm ET.

Please note that FINRA CAT, LLC is now utilizing Zoom to conduct industry webinars. Please check your firewall to ensure your firm has the ability to view Zoom content. If you are unable to download and run Zoom, please click the “join from your browser” link. The presentation document and recording will be posted.

On March 27, 2020, the Participants of the CAT NMS Plan submitted to the SEC a letter requesting action to approve the Participants’ February 19, 2020 request for exemptive relief regarding Industry Member reporting dates and March 19, 2020 request to extend the SEC staff’s COVID-19 no action relief.

Each time an Industry Member reprices a peg order based on a market move (e.g., when there is a change in the national best bid or offer or the best bid or offer on a particular exchange, as applicable based on the terms of the order), the Industry Member must report a price modification of the peg order to the CAT pursuant to Section 6.3(d) of the CAT NMS Plan, as applied to Industry Members by Section 6.4(d)(i) of the CAT NMS Plan, if the price is modified.

On March 17, 2020, the SEC issued relief that exempts the Participants from collecting or retaining certain retail customer data, including (1) individual social security numbers or individual tax payer identification numbers; (2) dates of birth and (3) account numbers.  Instead, Industry Members would be required to report an account holder’s name, address, and birth year to the CAT.

On March 19, 2020, the Participants of the CAT NMS Plan submitted to the SEC a request for no action relief regarding a temporary delay in near term CAT compliance dates.