Unit 17 Flashcards
What are the two types of bond deliveries never subject to reclamation?
- Bond certificates subject to an in whole call
- Bonds where the issuer goes into default after the trade date
Occurs when a buyer, after accepting securities as good delivery, later discovers that the certificates were not in good deliverable form. The securities can be sent back to the selling dealer with a form attached
Reclamation
A situation in which the BD on the sell side of a transaction or contract does not deliver the specified securities to the BD on the buy side
The firm representing the seller just buy in the securities after 10 business days from the settlement date
Fail to deliver
A standard form that duplicates the back of a stock certificate and is used for transferring the stock to the new owners name
Stock/bond power
A printed statement showing the obligation of a seller to deliver securities or rights to the purchaser. A due bill is also used as a pledge to deliver dividends when the transaction occurs after the record date
Due bill
When does a sellers option settle?
No sooner than T+3
A settlement contract that calls for delivery and payment according to a number of days agreed to by the buyer. The earliest delivery can be made is settlement plus 1 business day
Buyer must be given one day prior written notice if going to settle early
Sellers option
What is an example of clearinghouse funds?
Personal or business checks
Represents payments that have same day availability
Ex: inter dealer trades in government securities
Federal funds
When do money market securities settle?
Same day
When do T-Bills, T-Notes, T-Bonds and options settle?
T+1
When do corporate, municipal and government agency securities settle?
T+2
Delivery of the certificate by the seller and payment by the buyer on settlement date- currently T+2 for the regular way
Good delivery
A series of rules, interpretations and explanations designed to make uniform, where practical, custom, practice, usage and trading technique in the investment banking and securities business, particularly with regards to operational and settlement issues
The Uniform Practice Code (UPC)
Refers to a security not currently traded on any of the OTC quoting marketplaces or quoted on any other US quotation medium such as Nasdaq
Grey market