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Customer Portfolio Margin
On December 12, 2006, The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved much anticipated rule changes proposed by the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) allowing broker-dealers to use a risk-based portfolio approach for the margining of customer accounts effective April 2, 2007.

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