Open Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Agenda as of November 2, 2010. Note that Open Meeting agendas are subject to last-minute changes.

Item 1: Risk Management Controls for Brokers or Dealers with Market Access

The Commission will consider whether to adopt new Rule 15c3-5, Risk Management Controls for Brokers or Dealers with Market Access, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The new rule would require brokers or dealers with access to trading directly on an exchange or alternative trading system ("ATS"), including those providing sponsored or direct market access to customers or other persons, to implement risk management controls and supervisory procedures reasonably designed to manage the financial, regulatory, and other risks of this business activity. Among other things, new Rule 15c3-5 would effectively prohibit broker-dealers from providing "unfiltered" or "naked" sponsored access to any exchange or ATS.

For further information, please contact Daniel Gien at (202) 551-5747.

Item 2: Prohibition Against Fraud, Manipulation, and Deception in Connection with Security-Based Swaps

The Commission will consider whether to propose a new rule under Section 763(g) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Pub. L. No. 111-203, to prohibit fraud, manipulation, and deception in connection with security-based swaps.

For further information, please contact Josephine Tao or Joan Collopy at (202) 551-5720.

Item 3: Proposed Rules for Implementing the Whistleblower Provisions of Secton 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

The Commission will consider whether to propose rules and forms to implement Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") entitled "Securities Whistleblower Incentives and Protection." Section 21F, as added by Section 922 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, provides that the Commission shall pay awards, under regulations prescribed by the Commission and subject to certain limitations, to eligible whistleblowers who voluntarily provide the Commission with original information about a violation of the federal securities laws that leads to the successful enforcement of a covered judicial or administrative action, or a related action.

For further information, please contact Sarit Klein at (202) 551-4577.