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CaseNo: 34-40900, Defendant: PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT, Plaintiff: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING, UniqueCaseRef: SEC>34-40900, Market Makers, Nasdaq, Exchange Act, Trader, Securities, Respondent, Commission, Price, Broker-dealer, Customer, Quote, Stock, Relevant Times, Quotations, Firms, Trading, Coordination, Quote Movements, Time Period, Supervisory, Accompanying Orders, Violations, Arrangement, Market Participants, Transactions, Requesting Market Maker, Higher Price, Compliance, Administrative Proceedings, Predecessors , ContentID: 120244577

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1 1999-01-11 SEC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
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1 . SEC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
NASDAQ
EXCHANGE ACT
TRADER
SECURITIES
RESPONDENT
COMMISSION
PRICE
BROKER-DEALER
CUSTOMER
QUOTE
STOCK
RELEVANT TIMES
QUOTATIONS
FIRMS
TRADING
COORDINATION
QUOTE MOVEMENTS
TIME PERIOD
SUPERVISORY
ACCOMPANYING ORDERS
VIOLATIONS
ARRANGEMENT
MARKET PARTICIPANTS
TRANSACTIONS
REQUESTING MARKET MAKER
HIGHER PRICE
COMPLIANCE
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS
PREDECESSORS
                                  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                                         Before the
                             SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

             SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
             Release No. 34-40900 / January 11, 1999

             ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
             File No. 3-9803

                                             :
             In the Matter of                :  ORDER INSTITUTING
                                             :  PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT
             CERTAIN MARKET MAKING           :  TO SECTIONS 15(b) AND
             ACTIVITIES ON NASDAQ            :  21C OF THE SECURITIES
                                             :  EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                             :  AND FINDINGS OF THE
                                             :  COMMISSION
             :


                                          I.

                  The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission")
             deems it appropriate and in the public interest that public
             administrative proceedings be, and they hereby are,
             instituted pursuant to Sections 15(b)(4), 15(b)(6) and 21C
             of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act")
             against certain individual and entity Respondents identified
             in Attachment A hereto (collectively, the "Respondents").

                                         II.

                  On the basis of this Order, the accompanying Orders as
             to the Respondents, and the Respondents’ Offers of
             Settlement, the Commission finds[1] the following:

                  A.   Respondents

                  The Respondents are entities registered with the
             Commission as broker-dealers pursuant to Section 15(b) of
             the Exchange Act and individuals who, at relevant times,
             were associated with such entities or their predecessors.
             During the relevant time period, all of the entity
             Respondents or their predecessors were market makers in
             Nasdaq securities.  All of the individual Respondents were
             at relevant times employed at Nasdaq market-making firms as
             traders or assistant traders making markets in Nasdaq
             stocks, institutional or retail salespeople dealing in
SNIPPETS:
  • SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  • The Securities and Exchange Commission
  • of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  • On the basis of this Order, the accompanying Orders as
  • were associated with such entities or their predecessors.
  • During the relevant time period,
  • Respondents or their predecessors were market makers in
  • Nasdaq securities.
  • at relevant times employed at Nasdaq market-making firms as
  • or supervisors of Nasdaq trading and sales.
  • they are willing to buy the security, and an "ask" price, at
  • bid" is the highest prevailing bid price in a stock at any
  • most transactions must be reported to Nasdaq,
  • Report,which described, among other things, coordination
  • among market makers of quotations and trades that may have
  • the best execution of customer orders,
  • personnel with a view to preventing violations of law.
  • The Fraudulent Coordination of Quote Movements
  • market participants, were not disclosed by the market makers
  • the requesting market maker would
  • arrangement and of the identities of the market makers
  • trader with an unfair informational and trading advantage
  • scrutinize broker-dealer compliance with investor protection
  • the respondent firms of their Nasdaq traders,
  • investigation uncovered supervisory deficiencies at numerous
  • Commission instituted settled administrative proceedings
  • to assist Trader 2 to sell at a higher price.
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