In a letter filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the FIA Principal Traders Group (FIA PTG) again supported the SEC's efforts to increase transparency, access and the resiliency of the Government Securities marketplace by eliminating the exemption of Government Securities alternative trading systems (ATSs) from compliance with Regulation ATS. The FIA PTG letter also encouraged the SEC to consider providing additional clarity regarding the intended scope of the new “exchange” definition across asset classes, and to further re-affirm the clear intent to only capture truly multilateral trading venues.
