Net Capital Requirements and Customer Protection Requirements

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Net Capital Requirements and Customer Protection Requirements [Abstract]

Net Capital Requirements and Customer Protection Requirements

3. Net Capital Requirements and Customer Protection Requirements

MarketAxess Corporation, a U.S. subsidiary, is a registered broker-dealer with the SEC and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). MarketAxess Corporation claims exemption from SEC Rule 15c3-3, as it does not hold customer securities or funds on account, as defined. Pursuant to the Uniform Net Capital Rule under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, MarketAxess Corporation is required to maintain minimum net capital, as defined, equal to the greater of $100,000 or 6 2/3% of aggregate indebtedness. MarketAxess Europe Limited, a U.K. subsidiary, is registered as a Multilateral Trading Facility with the Financial Services Authority (“FSA”) in the U.K. MarketAxess Canada Limited, a Canadian subsidiary, is registered as an Alternative Trading System dealer under the Securities Act of Ontario and is a member of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada. MarketAxess Europe Limited and MarketAxess Canada Limited are subject to certain financial resource requirements of the FSA and the Ontario Securities Commission, respectively. The following table sets forth the capital requirements, as defined, that the Company’s subsidiaries were required to maintain as of September 30, 2011:


	MarketAxess		MarketAxess		MarketAxess
	Corporation		Europe Limited		Canada Limited
	(In thousands)
Net capital	$	74,936	$	24,364	$	387
Minimum net capital required		2,709		3,188		262

Excess net capital	$	72,227	$	21,176	$	125

The Company’s regulated subsidiaries are subject to U.S., U.K. and Canadian regulations which prohibit repayment of borrowings from the Company or affiliates, paying cash dividends, making loans to the Company or affiliates or otherwise entering into transactions that result in a significant reduction in regulatory net capital or financial resources, respectively, without prior notification to or approval from such regulated entity’s principal regulator.

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of computation of net capital under the SEC Regulations which may include a reconciliation (including appropriate explanations) if material differences exist between the computations made by the independent auditor based on the audited financial statements and the broker-dealer's original unaudited Part II or IIA filing, a statement that a reconciliation is not necessary if no material differences exist between the computations made by the independent auditor based on the audited financial statements and the broker-dealer's unaudited Part II or IIA filing, when different, total assets and total liabilities, as reported in the statement of financial condition, are reconciled to the total current assets and total liabilities, respectively, as reported in the statement of computation of minimum net capital. Disclosure may also include stockholder's equity, stockholders' equity not allowable for net capital, stockholders' equity qualified for net capital, subordinated borrowings allowable in computation of net capital, other deductions or allowable credits and total capital and allowable subordinated borrowings.

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