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Trade-Through Rule Reform: The SEC’s Depth of Book Alternative (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised Dec. 14, 2005
Report Number RL32788
Report Type Report
Authors Gary Shorter, Government and Finance Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

This report provides an examination of the highly controversial and ultimatelyrejected DOB proposal. It begins by providing background on the DOB's regulatoryorigins, then examines: (1) the mechanics of the DOB and some of its precedents; (2)the central arguments and counter arguments surrounding the DOB; (3) how a DOB might have affected institutional investors; (4) technology and cost issuessurrounding a DOB; and (5) how the DOB would have fit into the broker's duty ofbest execution.