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FINANCIAL INDUSTRY REGULATORY AUTHORITY LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE, W AIYER AND CONSENT
NO. 2012034734501
TO: Department of Enforcement Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA")
RE: Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Respondent Broker-Dealer CRDNo. 816
Pursuant to FINRA Rule 9216 of FINRA's Code of Procedure, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC ("Credit Suisse" or the "firm") submits this Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent ("A WC") for the purpose of proposing a settlement of the alleged rule violations described below. This A WC is submitted on the condition that, if accepted, FINRA wilt not bring any future actions against the firm alleging violations based on the same factual findings described herein.
I.
ACCEPTANCE AND CONSENT
A. The firm hereby accepts and consents, without admitting or denying the findings, andsolely for the purposes of this proceeding and any other proceeding brought by or onbehalf of FINRA, or to which FINRA is a party, prior to a hearing and without anadjudication of any issue of law or fact, to the entry of the following findings by FINRA:
BACKGROUND AND RELEVANT DISCIPLINARY WSTORY
Credit Suisse is a U.S. broker-dealer and a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group, a global financial services company with subsidiaries around the world. Credit Suisse has been registered with FINRA since 1936. Its registration remains in effect. The firm's principal place of business is New York, New York, and it currently has over 2,500 registered persons and 34 branch offices. The firm does not have any relevant disciplinary history.
OVERVIEW
During the period of July 2010 through July 2014 (the "review period"), Credit Suisse offered its clients, which included FINRA registered broker-dealers and other institutional entities, some of whom were foreign unregistered entities, direct market access (''OMA") to numerous exchanges and alternative trading systems ("ATSs"). During the review period, the firm executed over 300 billion shares on behalf of its OMA clients and generated over $300 million in revenue from its OMA business. Nevertheless, the firm did not implement reasonably designed surveillances and supervisory procedures to monitor for certain kinds of potentially manipulative activity by its DMA clients. During the period of February 2011 through July 2014, certain of the firm's OMA clients engaged in trading activity that generated over 50,000 alerts at FINRA and multiple
STAR No. 20120347345 (incl. 20140401645, 20140414311, 20140437253, 20140425628, 20150482629, 20160507055,20170556243,20170560054,20170560916,20160522839,20170551246and20170531305(JPH)
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Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc. LETTER OF CONSENT
Star No. 20120347345 File No. USRI-2820
__________________________________________________________________
In the Matter of: Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 11 Madison Avenue 11th Floor New York, NY 10010, Respondent ______________________________________________________________________________ Pursuant to the provisions of Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc. (“BYX” or the “Exchange”) Rule 8.3, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“Credit Suisse” or the “firm”) submits this Letter of Consent for the purposes of proposing a settlement of the alleged rule violations described below. The firm neither admits nor denies the findings for Star No. 20120347345 (including merged matters 20140401645, 20140414311, 20140437253, 20140425628, 20150482629, 20160507055, 20170556243, 20170560054, 20170560916, 20160522839, 20170551246 and 20170531305)/File No. USRI-2820 and the stipulation of facts and findings described herein do not constitute such an admission.
BACKGROUND
1. Credit Suisse is a U.S. broker-dealer and a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group, a global financial services company with subsidiaries around the world. Credit Suisse has been a registered Member of BYX since October 1, 2010. The firm’s registration remains in effect. The firm’s principal place of business is New York, New York, and it currently has over 2,500 registered persons and 34 branch offices. The firm does not have any relevant disciplinary history.
2. This matter originated from surveillance conducted by Exchange Regulatory Staff and surveillance conducted by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (“FINRA”) Department of Market Regulation, Quality of Markets team, on behalf of BYX.1
1 FINRA conducted the same surveillance on behalf of eleven other self-regulatory organizations: the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), Nasdaq BX, Inc. (“BX”), Nasdaq PHLX LLC (“PHLX”), the NASDAQ Options Market LLC (“NOM”), the New York Stock Exchange LLC (“NYSE”), NYSE Arca, Inc. (“NYSE Arca”), NYSE American LLC (“NYSE American”), Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (“BZX”), Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc. (“EDGA”), Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc. (“EDGX”) and FINRA.
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VIOLATIVE CONDUCT
Applicable Rules
3. During relevant periods herein, the following rules were in full force and effect:
Rule 15c3-5 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Market Access Rule” or
“Rule 15c3-5”) – Risk Management Controls for Brokers or Dealers with Market
Access and Exchange Rules 5.1 – Written Procedures and 3.1 – Business Conduct
of Members.
4. Rule 15c3-5(b) required a broker-dealer with market access, or that provides a
customer or any other person with access to an exchange or ATS through use of its
market participant identifier or otherwise, to establish, document, and maintain a
system of risk management controls and supervisory procedures reasonably
designed to manage the financial, regulatory, and other risks of this business
activity.
5. Rule 15c3-5(c)(1)(i) required market access broker-dealers to have financial risk
management controls and supervisory procedures reasonably designed to prevent
the entry of orders that exceed appropriate pre-set credit or capital thresholds in the
aggregate for each customer and the broker or dealer and, where appropriate, more
finely-tuned by sector, security, or otherwise by rejecting orders if such orders
would exceed the applicable credit or capital thresholds.
6. Rule 15c3-5(c)(1)(ii) required market access broker-dealers to establish, document,
and maintain a system of financial risk management controls and supervisory
procedures reasonably designed to prevent the entry of erroneous orders by
rejecting orders that exceed appropriate price or size parameters, on an order-by-
order basis or over a short period of time, or that indicate duplicative orders.
7. Rule 15c3-5(c)(2)(iv) required such broker-dealers to have regulatory risk
management controls and supervisory procedures that are reasonably designed to
ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements, including being reasonably
designed to assure that appropriate surveillance personnel receive immediate post-
trade execution reports that result from market access. In the Rule 15c3-5 Adopting
Release dated November 3, 2010, the SEC stated that the “regulatory requirements”
described in Rule 15c3-5(a)(2) and (c)(2) included “post-trade obligations to
monitor for manipulation and other illegal activity.”2
8. Rule 15c3-5(e)(1) required a broker-dealer to review, at least annually, the business
activity of the broker-dealer in connection with market access to assure the overall
effectiveness of its risk management controls and supervisory procedures.
2 SEC Rule 15c3-5 Adopting Release, 75 Fed. Reg. 69792, 69797-69798 (Nov. 15, 2010).
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Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. LETTER OF CONSENT
Star No. 20120347345 File No. USRI-2820
__________________________________________________________________
In the Matter of: Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 11 Madison Avenue 11th Floor New York, NY 10010, Respondent ______________________________________________________________________________ Pursuant to the provisions of Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (“BZX” or the “Exchange”) Rule 8.3, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“Credit Suisse” or the “firm”) submits this Letter of Consent for the purposes of proposing a settlement of the alleged rule violations described below. The firm neither admits nor denies the findings for Star No. 20120347345 (including merged matters 20140401645, 20140414311, 20140437253, 20140425628, 20150482629, 20160507055, 20170556243, 20170560054, 20170560916, 20160522839, 20170551246 and 20170531305)/File No. USRI-2820 and the stipulation of facts and findings described herein do not constitute such an admission.
BACKGROUND
1. Credit Suisse is a U.S. broker-dealer and a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group, a global financial services company with subsidiaries around the world. Credit Suisse has been a registered Member of BZX since September 3, 2008. The firm’s registration remains in effect. The firm’s principal place of business is New York, New York, and it currently has over 2,500 registered persons and 34 branch offices. The firm does not have any relevant disciplinary history.
2. This matter originated from surveillance conducted by Exchange Regulatory Staff and surveillance conducted by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (“FINRA”) Department of Market Regulation, Quality of Markets team, on behalf of BZX.1
1 FINRA conducted the same surveillance on behalf of eleven other self-regulatory organizations: the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), Nasdaq BX, Inc. (“BX”), Nasdaq PHLX LLC (“PHLX”), the NASDAQ Options Market LLC (“NOM”), the New York Stock Exchange LLC (“NYSE”), NYSE Arca, Inc. (“NYSE Arca”), NYSE American LLC (“NYSE American”), Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc. (“BYX”), Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc. (“EDGA”), Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc. (“EDGX”) and FINRA.
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VIOLATIVE CONDUCT
Applicable Rules
3. During relevant periods herein, the following rules were in full force and effect: Rule 15c3-5 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Market Access Rule” or “Rule 15c3-5”) – Risk Management Controls for Brokers or Dealers with Market Access and Exchange Rules 5.1 – Written Procedures and 3.1 – Business Conduct of Members.
4. Rule 15c3-5(b) required a broker-dealer with market access, or that provides a customer or any other person with access to an exchange or ATS through use of its market participant identifier or otherwise, to establish, document, and maintain a system of risk management controls and supervisory procedures reasonably designed to manage the financial, regulatory, and other risks of this business activity.
5. Rule 15c3-5(c)(1)(i) required market access broker-dealers to have financial risk management controls and supervisory procedures reasonably designed to prevent the entry of orders that exceed appropriate pre-set credit or capital thresholds in the aggregate for each customer and the broker or dealer and, where appropriate, more finely-tuned by sector, security, or otherwise by rejecting orders if such orders would exceed the applicable credit or capital thresholds.
6. Rule 15c3-5(c)(1)(ii) required market access broker-dealers to establish, document, and maintain a system of financial risk management controls and supervisory procedures reasonably designed to prevent the entry of erroneous orders by rejecting orders that exceed appropriate price or size parameters, on an order-by-order basis or over a short period of time, or that indicate duplicative orders.
7. Rule 15c3-5(c)(2)(iv) required such broker-dealers to have regulatory risk management controls and supervisory procedures that are reasonably designed to ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements, including being reasonably designed to assure that appropriate surveillance personnel receive immediate post-trade execution reports that result from market access. In the Rule 15c3-5 Adopting Release dated November 3, 2010, the SEC stated that the “regulatory requirements” described in Rule 15c3-5(a)(2) and (c)(2) include “post-trade obligations to monitor for manipulation and other illegal activity.”2
8. Rule 15c3-5(e)(1) required a broker-dealer to review, at least annually, the business activity of the broker-dealer in connection with market access to assure the overall effectiveness of its risk management controls and supervisory procedures.
2 SEC Rule 15c3-5 Adopting Release, 75 Fed. Reg. 69792, 69797-69798 (Nov. 15, 2010).
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Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc. LETTER OF CONSENT
Star No. 20120347345 File No. USRI-2820
__________________________________________________________________
In the Matter of: Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 11 Madison Avenue 11th Floor New York, NY 10010, Respondent ______________________________________________________________________________ Pursuant to the provisions of Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc. (“EDGA” or the “Exchange”) Rule 8.3, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“Credit Suisse” or the “firm”) submits this Letter of Consent for the purposes of proposing a settlement of the alleged rule violations described below. The firm neither admits nor denies the findings for Star No. 20120347345 (including merged matters 20140401645, 20140414311, 20140437253, 20140425628, 20150482629, 20160507055, 20170556243, 20170560054, 20170560916, 20160522839, 20170551246 and 20170531305)/File No. USRI-2820 and the stipulation of facts and findings described herein do not constitute such an admission.
BACKGROUND
1. Credit Suisse is a U.S. broker-dealer and a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group, a global financial services company with subsidiaries around the world. Credit Suisse has been a registered Member of EDGA since May 25, 2010. The firm’s registration remains in effect. The firm’s principal place of business is New York, New York, and it currently has over 2,500 registered persons and 34 branch offices. The firm does not have any relevant disciplinary history.
2. This matter originated from surveillance conducted by Exchange Regulatory Staff and surveillance conducted by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (“FINRA”) Department of Market Regulation, Quality of Markets team, on behalf of EDGA.1
1 FINRA conducted the same surveillance on behalf of eleven other self-regulatory organizations: the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), Nasdaq BX, Inc. (“BX”), Nasdaq PHLX LLC (“PHLX”), the NASDAQ Options Market LLC (“NOM”), the New York Stock Exchange LLC (“NYSE”), NYSE Arca, Inc. (“NYSE Arca”), NYSE American LLC (“NYSE American”), Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc. (“BYX”), Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (“BZX”), Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc. (“EDGX”) and FINRA.
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VIOLATIVE CONDUCT
Applicable Rules
3. During relevant periods herein, the following rules were in full force and effect: Rule 15c3-5 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Market Access Rule” or “Rule 15c3-5”) – Risk Management Controls for Brokers or Dealers with Market Access and Exchange Rules 5.1 – Written Procedures and 3.1 – Business Conduct of Members.
4. Rule 15c3-5(b) required a broker-dealer with market access, or that provides a customer or any other person with access to an exchange or ATS through use of its market participant identifier or otherwise, to establish, document, and maintain a system of risk management controls and supervisory procedures reasonably designed to manage the financial, regulatory, and other risks of this business activity.
5. Rule 15c3-5(c)(1)(i) required market access broker-dealers to have financial risk management controls and supervisory procedures reasonably designed to prevent the entry of orders that exceed appropriate pre-set credit or capital thresholds in the aggregate for each customer and the broker or dealer and, where appropriate, more finely-tuned by sector, security, or otherwise by rejecting orders if such orders would exceed the applicable credit or capital thresholds.
6. Rule 15c3-5(c)(1)(ii) required market access broker-dealers to establish, document, and maintain a system of financial risk management controls and supervisory procedures reasonably designed to prevent the entry of erroneous orders by rejecting orders that exceed appropriate price or size parameters, on an order-by-order basis or over a short period of time, or that indicate duplicative orders.
7. Rule 15c3-5(c)(2)(iv) required such broker-dealers to have regulatory risk management controls and supervisory procedures that are reasonably designed to ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements, including being reasonably designed to assure that appropriate surveillance personnel receive immediate post-trade execution reports that result from market access. In the Rule 15c3-5 Adopting Release dated November 3, 2010, the SEC stated that the “regulatory requirements” described in Rule 15c3-5(a)(2) and (c)(2) included “post-trade obligations to monitor for manipulation and other illegal activity.”2
8. Rule 15c3-5(e)(1) required a broker-dealer to review, at least annually, the business activity of the broker-dealer in connection with market access to assure the overall effectiveness of its risk management controls and supervisory procedures.
2 SEC Rule 15c3-5 Adopting Release, 75 Fed. Reg. 69792, 69797-69798 (Nov. 15, 2010).
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Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc. LETTER OF CONSENT
Star No. 20120347345 File No. USRI-2820
__________________________________________________________________
In the Matter of: Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 11 Madison Avenue 11th Floor New York, NY 10010, Respondent ______________________________________________________________________________ Pursuant to the provisions of Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc. (“EDGX” or the “Exchange”) Rule 8.3, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“Credit Suisse” or the “firm”) submits this Letter of Consent for the purposes of proposing a settlement of the alleged rule violations described below. The firm neither admits nor denies the findings for Star No. 20120347345 (including merged matters 20140401645, 20140414311, 20140437253, 20140425628, 20150482629, 20160507055, 20170556243, 20170560054, 20170560916, 20160522839, 20170551246 and 20170531305)File No. USRI-2820 and the stipulation of facts and findings described herein do not constitute such an admission.
BACKGROUND
1. Credit Suisse is a U.S. broker-dealer and a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group, a global financial services company with subsidiaries around the world. Credit Suisse has been a registered Member of EDGX since May 27, 2010. The firm’s registration remains in effect. The firm’s principal place of business is New York, New York, and it currently has over 2,500 registered persons and 34 branch offices. The firm does not have any relevant disciplinary history.
2. This matter originated from surveillance conducted by Exchange Regulatory Staff and surveillance conducted by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (“FINRA”) Department of Market Regulation, Quality of Markets team, on behalf of EDGX.1
1 FINRA conducted the same surveillance on behalf of eleven other self-regulatory organizations: the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), Nasdaq BX, Inc. (“BX”), Nasdaq PHLX LLC (“PHLX”), the NASDAQ Options Market LLC (“NOM”), the New York Stock Exchange LLC (“NYSE”), NYSE Arca, Inc. (“NYSE Arca”), NYSE American LLC (“NYSE American”), Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc. (“BYX”), Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (“BZX”), Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc. (“EDGA”) and FINRA.
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VIOLATIVE CONDUCT
Applicable Rules
3. During relevant periods herein, the following rules were in full force and effect: Rule 15c3-5 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Market Access Rule” or “Rule 15c3-5”) – Risk Management Controls for Brokers or Dealers with Market Access and Exchange Rules 5.1 – Written Procedures and 3.1 – Business Conduct of Members.
4. Rule 15c3-5(b) required a broker-dealer with market access, or that provides a customer or any other person with access to an exchange or ATS through use of its market participant identifier or otherwise, to establish, document, and maintain a system of risk management controls and supervisory procedures reasonably designed to manage the financial, regulatory, and other risks of this business activity.
5. Rule 15c3-5(c)(1)(i) required market access broker-dealers to have financial risk management controls and supervisory procedures reasonably designed to prevent the entry of orders that exceed appropriate pre-set credit or capital thresholds in the aggregate for each customer and the broker or dealer and, where appropriate, more finely-tuned by sector, security, or otherwise by rejecting orders if such orders would exceed the applicable credit or capital thresholds.
6. Rule 15c3-5(c)(1)(ii) required market access broker-dealers to establish, document, and maintain a system of financial risk management controls and supervisory procedures reasonably designed to prevent the entry of erroneous orders by rejecting orders that exceed appropriate price or size parameters, on an order-by-order basis or over a short period of time, or that indicate duplicative orders.
7. Rule 15c3-5(c)(2)(iv) required such broker-dealers to have regulatory risk management controls and supervisory procedures that are reasonably designed to ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements, including being reasonably designed to assure that appropriate surveillance personnel receive immediate post-trade execution reports that result from market access. In the Rule 15c3-5 Adopting Release dated November 3, 2010, the SEC stated that the “regulatory requirements” described in Rule 15c3-5(a)(2) and (c)(2) included “post-trade obligations to monitor for manipulation and other illegal activity.”2
8. Rule 15c3-5(e)(1) required a broker-dealer to review, at least annually, the business activity of the broker-dealer in connection with market access to assure the overall effectiveness of its risk management controls and supervisory procedures.
2 SEC Rule 15c3-5 Adopting Release, 75 Fed. Reg. 69792, 69797-69798 (Nov. 15, 2010).
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THE NASDAQ STOCK MARKET LLC LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE, W AIYER AND CONSENT
NO. 2012034734502
TO: The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC c/o Department of Enforcement Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA")
RE: Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Respondent Broker-Dealer CRD No. 816
Pursuant to Rule 9216 of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (''Nasdaq") Code of Procedure, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC ("Credit Suisse" or the "firm") submits this Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent ("AWC") for the purpose of proposing a settlement of the alleged rule violations described below. This AWC is submitted on the condition that, if accepted, Nasdaq will not bring any future actions against the firm alleging violations based on the same factual findings described herein.
I.
ACCEPTANCE AND CONSENT
A. The fmn hereby accepts and consents, without admitting or denying the findings, andsolely for the purposes of this proceeding and any other proceeding brought by or onbehalf of Nasdaq, or to which Nasdaq is a party, prior to a hearing and without anadjudication of any issue oflaw or fact, to the entry of the following findings by Nasdaq:
BACKGROUND AND RELEVANT DISCIPLINARY HISTORY
Credit Suisse is a U.S. broker-dealer and a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group, a global financial services company with subsidiaries around the world. Credit Suisse has been registered with FINRA since 1936 and with Nasdaq since July 12, 2006. The firm's registrations remain in effect. The firm's principal place of business is New York, New York, and it currently has over 2,500 registered persons and 34 branch offices. The firm does not have any relevant disciplinary history.
OVERVIEW
During the period of July 2010 through July 2014 (the "review period"), Credit Suisse offered its clients, which included FINRA registered broker-dealers and other institutional entities, some of whom were foreign unregistered entities, direct market access ("OMA") to numerous exchanges and alternative trading systems ("A TSs"). During the review period, the firm executed over 300 billion shares on behalf of its DMA clients and generated over $300 million in revenue from its OMA business. Nevertheless, the firm did not implement reasonably designed surveillances and supervisory procedures to monitor for certain kinds of potentially manipulative activity by its OMA clients. During the period of February 2011 through July 2014, certain of the firm's DMA clients engaged in trading activity that generated over 50,000 alerts at FINRA and multiple
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NASDAQ PHLX LLC LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE, WAIVER AND CONSENT
NO. 2012034734503
TO: Nasdaq PHLX LLC c/o Department of Enforcement Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA")
RE: Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Respondent Broker-Dealer CRDNo. 816
Pursuant to Rule 9216 of Nasdaq PHLX LLC ("Phlx") Code of Procedure, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (the "finn") submits this Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent ("A WC") for the purpose of proposing a settlement of the alleged rule violations described below. This A WC is submitted on the condition that, if accepted, Phlx will not bring any future actions against the finn alleging violations based on the same factual findings described herein.
I.
ACCEPTANCE AND CONSENT
A. Respondent hereby accepts and consents, without admitting or denying the findings, andsolely for the purposes of this proceeding and any other proceeding brought by or onbehalf of Phlx, or to which Phlx is a party, prior to a hearing and without an adjudicationof any issue of law or fact, to the entry of the following findings by Phlx:
BACKGROUND AND RELEVANT DISCIPLINARY HISTORY
Credit Suisse is the U.S. based broker-dealer of Credit Suisse Group, a global financial services company with subsidiaries around the world. Credit Suisse has been registered with FINRA since 1936 and with Phlx since October 8, 2010. The firm's registrations remain in effect. The firm's principal place of business is New York, New York, and it currently has over 2,500 registered persons and 34 branch offices. The firm does not have any relevant disciplinary history.
OVERVIEW
During the period of October 2010 through July 2014 (the "review period''), Credit Suisse offered its clients, which included FINRA registered broker-dealers and other institutional entities, some of whom were foreign unregistered entities, direct market access ("OMA") to numerous exchanges and alternative trading systems ("A TSs"). During the review period, the firm executed over 300 billion shares on behalf of its OMA clients and generated over $300 million in revenue from its DMA business. Nevertheless, the firm did not implement reasonably designed surveillances and supervisory procedures to monitor for certain kinds of potentially manipulative activity by its DMA clients. During the period of February 2011 through July 2014, certain of the finn's OMA clients engaged in trading activity that generated over 50,000
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NASDAQ BX, INC. LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE, WAIVER AND CONSENT
NO. 2012034734504
TO: Nasdaq BX, Inc. c/o Department of Enforcement Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA")
RE: Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Respondent Broker-Dealer CRDNo. 816
Pursuant to Rule 9216 of Nasdaq BX, Inc. ("BX") Code of Procedure, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (the "firm") submits this Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent ("A WC") for the purpose of proposing a settlement of the alleged rule violations described below. This AWC is submitted on the condition that, if accepted, BX will not bring any future actions against the firm alleging violations based on the same factual findings described herein.
I.
ACCEPTANCE AND CONSENT
A. Respondent hereby accepts and consents, without admitting or denying the findings, andsolely for the purposes of this proceeding and any other proceeding brought by or onbehalf of BX, or to which BX is a party, prior to a hearing and without an adjudication ofany issue of law or fact, to the entry of the following findings by BX:
BACKGROUND AND RELEVANT DISCIPLINARY IDSTORY
Credit Suisse is a U.S. broker-dealer and a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group, a global financial services company with subsidiaries around the world. Credit Suisse has been registered with FINRA since 1936 and with BX since January 12, 2009. The finn's registrations remain in effect. The firm's principal place of business is New York, New York, and it currently has over 2,500 registered persons and 34 branch offices. The firm does not have any relevant disciplinary history.
OVERVIEW
During the period ofJuly 2010 through July 2014 (the "review period"), Credit Suisse offered its clients, which included FINRA registered broker-dealers and other institutional entities, some of whom were foreign unregistered entities, direct market access ("OMA") to numerous exchanges and alternative trading systems ("A TSs"). During the review period, the firm executed over 300 billion shares on behalf of its OMA clients and generated over $300 million in revenue from its OMA business. Nevertheless, the firm did not implement reasonably designed surveillances and supervisory procedures to monitor for certain kinds of potentially manipulative activity by its OMA clients. During the period of February 2011 through July 2014, certain of the firm's DMA clients engaged in trading activity that generated over 50,000 alerts at FINRA and multiple
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THE NASDAQ OPTIONS MARKET LLC LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE, WAIVER AND CONSENT
NO. 2012034734505
TO: The NASDAQ Options Stock Market LLC c/o Department of Enforcement Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA")
RE: Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Respondent Broker-Dealer CRD No. 816
Pursuant to Rule 9216 of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (''Nasdaq") 1 Code of Procedure, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC ("Credit Suisse" or the "fmn") submits this Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent ("AWC") for the purpose of proposing a settlement of the alleged rule violations described below. This AWC is submitted on the condition that, if accepted, Nasdaq will not bring any future actions against the firm alleging violations based on the same factual findings described herein.
I.
ACCEPTANCE AND CONSENT
A. The fmn hereby accepts and consents, without admitting or denying the findings, andsolely for the purposes of this proceeding and any other proceeding brought by or onbehalf of Nasdaq, or to which Nasdaq is a party, prior to a hearing and without anadjudication of any issue oflaw or fact, to the entry of the following findings by Nasdaq:
BACKGROUND
1. Credit Suisse is a U.S. broker-dealer and a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group, a globalfinancial services company with subsidiaries around the world. Credit Suisse has beenregistered with FINRA since 1936 and with The NASDAQ Options Market LLC("NOM") on March 28, 2008. The firm's registrations remain in effect. The firm'sprincipal place of business is New York, New York, and it currently has over 2,500registered persons and 34 branch offices. The firm does not have any relevantdisciplinary history.
OVERVIEW
2. During the period of July 2010 through 2016 (the "review period"), Credit Suisse offeredits clients, which included FlNRA registered broker-dealers and other institutionalentities, some of whom were foreign unregistered entities, direct market access ("OMA")toNOM.
3. During the review period, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted the Market
1 All NASDAQ Options Market LLC disciplinary matters are governed by the Nasdaq Code of Procedure.
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control at 100%, which were too high to be effective for Client D.
27. The acts, practices and conduct described in paragraphs 21 through 26 constitute a violation of Rule 15c3-5(b), 15c3-5(c)(1)(i), 15c3-5(c)(1)(ii) and NYSE Arca Equities Rules 6.18 and 2010.
Credit Suisse’s Pre-Trade Controls and Procedures Regarding Credit Thresholds Were Not Reasonable
28. Rule 15c3-5(c)(1)(i) requires market access broker-dealers to have financial risk management controls and supervisory procedures reasonably designed to prevent the entry of orders that exceed appropriate pre-set credit or capital thresholds in the aggregate for each customer and the broker or dealer and, where appropriate, more finely-tuned by sector, security, or otherwise by rejecting orders if such orders would exceed the applicable credit or capital thresholds.
29. From November 30, 2011 through April 2015, the firm’s risk management controls were not reasonably designed with respect to certain pre-set credit thresholds.
30. Specifically, the firm set a default credit limit of $250 million for every DMA client during onboarding without considering the individual client’s financial condition, business, trading patterns and other matters. Additionally, although the firm’s written procedures required that due diligence be performed prior to making any changes to a default limit, the firm did not perform due diligence prior to making such amendments in certain circumstances.
31. The acts, practices and conduct described in paragraphs 29 and 30 constitute a violation of Rule 15c3-5(b) and 15c3-5(c)(1)(i) and NYSE Arca Equities Rules 6.18 and 2010.
Credit Suisse’s Annual Review Was Not Reasonable
32. Rule 15c3-5(e)(1) requires a broker-dealer to review, at least annually, the business activity of the broker-dealer in connection with market access to assure the overall effectiveness of its risk management controls and supervisory procedures.
33. Rule 15c3-5(e)(2) further requires that the Chief Executive Officer (or equivalent officer) of the broker-dealer certify annually that the above review occurred and that the firm’s risk management controls and supervisory procedures comply with Rule 15c3-5(b) and (c).
34. During the period of July 14, 2011 through July 2014, the firm’s annual review of the effectiveness of its Rule 15c3-5 risk management controls and supervisory procedures was unreasonable because it did not incorporate a reasonable review of the effectiveness of its post-trade surveillance as required by Rule 15c3-5(c)(2)(iv).
35. The acts, practices and conduct described in paragraph 34 constitute a violation of Rule 15c3-5(b) and (e) and NYSE Arca Equities Rules 6.18 and 2010.
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Written Supervisory Procedures (“WSPs”)
36. Throughout the review period, the firm did not establish, maintain, and enforce reasonably designed WSPs to supervise its DMA activities and to achieve compliance with applicable securities laws. For example, the firm maintained a “Market Access Policy” that stated the firm would “conduct regular surveillance and systems reviews,” but the Policy did not describe the reviews at all and is not supervisory in nature otherwise. Similarly, the firm’s “U.S. Equity and Global Arbitrage Trading Supervisory Manual” included a Rule 15c3-5 section that also stated that the firm would “conduct regular surveillance and systems reviews,” but the Manual did not provide any details about the reviews, such as who would conduct them, how often they would be conducted and in what manner.
37. The acts, practices and conduct described in paragraph 36 constitute a violation of Rule 15c3-5(b) and NYSE Arca Equities Rules 6.18 and 2010.
B. The firm also consents to the imposition of the following sanctions:
1. A censure;
2. A total fine of $6,500,000 (of which $591,500 shall be paid to NYSE Arca for the violations of Rule 15c3-5 and NYSE Arca Equities Rules 6.18 and 2010);16
3. Credit Suisse agrees to confirm in writing, within 180 days of the date of the issuance of the Notice of Acceptance of this AWC, that the firm has:
a. Updated and/or implemented surveillances and procedures reasonably designed to monitor for potentially manipulative trading;
b. Updated and/or implemented pre-trade controls and procedures reasonably designed to prevent erroneous orders for all firm desks and systems that provide direct market access ;
c. Updated and/or implemented pre-trade controls and procedures reasonably designed to prevent the entry of orders that exceed appropriate pre-set credit thresholds for all firm desks and systems that provide direct market access;
d. Incorporated into its annual market access certification process an evaluation of the effectiveness of its post-trade anti-manipulation surveillances; and
e. Updated its written supervisory procedures relevant to items a through d.
In conjunction with the above-described confirmation, Credit Suisse also agrees to provide a written description of, or documentation reflecting, as of December 31, 2019: the desks that provide market access services to clients; the status and
16 FINRA investigated this matter on behalf of NYSE and various self-regulatory organizations, including the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), the Nasdaq BX, Inc. (“BX”), Nasdaq PHLX LLC (“PHLX”), the NASDAQ Options Market LLC (“NOM”), the New York Stock Exchange LLC (“NYSE”), NYSE American LLC (“NYSE American”), Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc. (“BYX”), Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (“BZX”), Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc. (“EDGA”) and Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc. (“EDGX”), as well as on its own behalf. The balance of the sanction will be paid to the self-regulatory organizations listed above.
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