SEC Requests Comments: Uniform Branch Registration Form

The SEC requests comment on a proposal to amend the Uniform Branch Office Registration Form to (1) eliminate Section 6 (NYSE Branch Information), which is currently applicable only to NYSE-registered firms; (2) add questions relating to space sharing arrangements and the location of books and records that are currently only in Section 6 and make them applicable to all members; (3) modify existing questions and instructions to provide more detailed selections for describing the types of activities conducted at the branch office; (4) add an optional question to identify a branch office as an ”Office of Municipal Supervisory Jurisdiction,” as defined under the rules of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board; and (5) make other technical changes to adopt uniform terminology and clarify questions and instructions. The comment period expires January 3, 2014. See the Federal Register notice.