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SIFMA Customer Account Transfer Division

Subcommittees

Committee
Mission
Chairperson
ACATS Cycle Review

White Paper - pdf
To provide timely account transfers by reducing days of the transfer cycle and extending the cutoff time for new transfer submissions.  This committee is currently limited to board members only.
 
To coordinate the introduction of Banks into ACATS.  Work with the member firms to participate in ACATS with the BANKS.
Communications
To communicate Industry changes with the division members via the "Communicator", Educational Dinner meetings, and the Internet.
Cost Basis - Broker / Bank to Broker / Bank
 
To expand participation in discussing transfer scenarios, issues, and solutions and the related Cost Basis Regulation impact.  Participants in ACATS and those firms currently not on ACATS are welcome. 
To identify and develop an automated standard for selling non-transferable mutual fund assets held at the original delivering firm of an ACAT transfer.  This committee is currently limited to board members only.
 
Mutual Funds
 
To keep abreast of issues and changes to the Mutual Fund Transfer Process.
Mutual Fund Transfers through ACATS
Concept Paper
To identify and develop a standard for transferring mutual fund positions directly with contra firms and mutual fund companies.
 
Process and Service Improvement

To leverage technology and review alternative solutions to improve transfer processess.
To identify issues and develop best practices and industry standard to reduce ACATS rejects.
To identify issues and develop an automated standard for CNS/DTC - Memo Seg, Option and International Processing.  This committee was formed to eliminate ACATS Settle Prep day.
 
 
 

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