Securities and Exchange Commission January 28, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'' or ``SEC'') is adopting technical amendments to Form MSD and Form MSDW (the application for registration as a municipal securities dealer and the notice of withdrawal from registration as a municipal securities dealer, respectively) primarily to add the Office of Thrift Supervision to the list of agencies with which Forms MSD and MSDW must be filed. The Commission is also adopting a technical amendment to Form BD-N (the notice of registration as a broker-dealer for the purposes of trading security futures products pursuant to Section 15(b)(11) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act'')) to update the address of the National Futures Association. In addition, to reflect the formation of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (``FINRA''), the Commission is adopting technical amendments to Forms BD and BDW (the uniform broker-dealer registration form and the uniform request for withdrawal from broker-dealer registration, respectively), related Exchange Act Rules, Forms ADV and ADV-W (the investment adviser registration form and the request for withdrawal from investment adviser registration, respectively), and related rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (``Advisers Act'').