• NOTICE OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION

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      • CBOT 12-9195-BC
      • Effective Date
      • 30 May 2014
    • FILE NO.:

      CBOT 12-9195-BC

      MEMBER FIRM:

      Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

      CBOT RULE VIOLATIONS:

      536. RECORD KEEPING REQUIREMENTS FOR PIT, GLOBEX, AND NEGOTIATED TRADES

      D. Customer Type Indicator (CTI) Codes (in part)

      Each clearing member must identify each transaction executed on the trading floor or on the Globex platform on the record of transactions submitted to the Exchange with the correct customer type indicator (CTI) code.

      FINDINGS:

      Pursuant to an offer of settlement in which Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“Morgan Stanley”) neither admitted nor denied the rule violations upon which the penalty is based, on May 28, 2014, a Panel of the CBOT Business Conduct Committee found that during the time periods of July 25, 2012, through August 8, 2012; April 1, 2013, through April 30, 2013; and December 1, 2013, through December 31, 2013, Morgan Stanley submitted incorrect CTI codes for numerous trades executed on the Exchange.

      The Panel concluded that Morgan Stanley violated CBOT Rule 536.D.

      PENALTY:

      In accordance with the settlement offer, the Panel ordered Morgan Stanley to pay a fine of $4,000.

      EFFECTIVE DATE:

      May 30, 2014