Good afternoon. This is an open meeting of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15, 2016, under the Government in the Sunshine Act. The Commission today is positioned to take significant action toward the reality of a consolidated audit trail (CAT) that will greatly advance the ability of regulators to oversee today’s sophisticated and constantly evolving securities markets. Specifically, the Commission will consider a staff recommendation to approve the national market system (NMS) Plan submitted jointly by the self-regulatory organizations (SROs), which the Commission voted to publish for public comment this past April,[1] to create, implement and maintain the consolidated audit trail.
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