Customer Account Transfers
Chapters in this video
- 0:00 Where authorized instructions go first: ACATS versus non-ACATS
- 1:57 Validation and the no-exceptions rule for disputes
- 3:56 Whole-account freeze: cancel open orders, no new orders
- 5:17 Proprietary products and the receiving member cherry-pick trap
- 6:28 Residual credits and ex-clearing balances after completion
- 8:05 Rapid-fire exam recap
What this video covers
- Whether authorized instructions go to the receiving member or the carrying member depending on ACATS versus non-ACATS, whole versus partial
- Why ACATS does not cover every transfer, and when authorized alternate instructions must go to the carrying member instead
- What happens upon validation: the carrying member attaches all securities positions, safekeeping positions, and money balances exactly as shown on its books
- Why a position or balance dispute never permits the carrying member to take exception to the transfer instruction
- The mandatory three-step freeze for a whole-account transfer upon validation: freeze, cancel open orders, accept no new orders
- Why the receiving member cannot cherry-pick assets after validation, and how nontransferable proprietary products must be listed and disclosed to the customer
- What residual credits are, why they can arise after completion, and the requirement to transfer ex-clearing credit balances after they accrue
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