Compliance September 25, 2007

Fed Seconds SEC Vote for Broker Exceptions For Banks

The U.S. Federal Reserve gave its nod to a regulation allowing banks to continue selling some securities products and services without having to register as brokers with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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Federal banking and securities regulators were required to cooperate to issue a single set of rules to deal with a matter left open after passage of the landmark 1999 bank reform law called the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, according to Reuters.

The Fed board of governors voted in favor of the interagency regulation on Monday, which was approved by the SEC last Wednesday.

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