SIE: Trade Confirmations

Trade Confirmations

At or before a trade’s completion, which means the time at which the trade was settled, brokerage firms on each side of the transaction are required by SEC Rule 10b-10 to provide a written confirmations to their clients. A trade confirmation includes:

• • The name of the security
• • Whether the security was bought or sold
• • The quantity and price of the security
• • The date and time of the transaction (or if the transaction is not yet completed, assurance that the date and time will be provided on request)
• • The market or exchange on which the trade was executed (NYSE, NASDAQ, OTC)
• • The dollar price and yield of a debt security
• • Disclosures about prepayment for transactions involving asset-backed securities
• • Whether it was an agency or principal transaction
• • Any commission, accrued interest