Trade Acknowledgment and Verification of Security-Based Swap Transactions

In accordance with Section 764(a) of Title VII of the Dodd- Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 ("Dodd- Frank Act'), the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission') is proposing rule 15Fi-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act'), 15 U.S.C. 78a et seq., which would require security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants to provide trade acknowledgments and to verify those trade acknowledgments in security-based swap transactions.