Who has the responsibility for maintaining a fair and orderly market at the NYSE?

Mission

The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has a three-part mission:

  • Protect investors
  • Maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets
  • Facilitate capital formation

Congress Created the SEC

When the stock market crashed in October 1929, so did public confidence in the U.S. markets. Congress held hearings to identify the problems and search for solutions. Based on its findings, Congress – in the peak year of the Depression – passed the Securities Act of 1933. The following year, it passed the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which created the SEC.

The main purposes of these laws can be reduced to two common-sense notions:

  • Companies offering securities for sale to the public must tell the truth about their business, the securities they are selling, and the risks involved in investing in those securities.
  • Those who sell and trade securities – brokers, dealers, and exchanges – must treat investors fairly and honestly.

More information on the SEC is available here.

Abstract

Using a sample of NYSE-listed equities from 1992, this study examines whether market maker performance differs across specialist firms. We find that spreads and depth differ across specialist firms, but the competitiveness of NYSE quotes relative to other exchanges does not appear to be affected by these differences. Differences are also evident in measures of transitory volatility and in the frequency and duration of order-imbalance trading halts. The results suggest that specialists have a significant effect on execution costs, liquidity, and noise in security prices and that these effects are not completely eliminated by competition or the NYSE's monitoring mechanisms.

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The Stock Exchange Specialist: An Economic and Legal Analysis

Duke Law Journal

Vol. 1970, No. 4 (Aug., 1970)

, pp. 707-746 (40 pages)

Published By: Duke University School of Law

https://doi.org/10.2307/1371663

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1371663

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Who maintains a fair and orderly market on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor?

Specialists must make a market in the stock they trade by displaying their best bid and ask prices to the market during trading hours. They also are required to maintain a "fair and orderly market" in the stocks they trade.

Who is responsible for regulating the stock market?

SEC establishes rules that regulate the securities market One of the most important responsibilities of the SEC is rulemaking. The SEC promulgates new rules that interpret and implement broadly written securities legislation.

Who is charged with maintaining a fair and orderly market in a particular security?

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is the government agency that deals with laws that govern how investors and businesses can trade stocks, bonds, options, futures, and other securities. The SEC has three goals: Protecting investors. Maintaining efficient markets.

Who regulates NYSE?

All NYSE exchanges are registered securities exchanges, and are subject to the regulatory oversight of the SEC. All rules and rule amendments filed and approved by the SEC pursuant to Section 19(b) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 19b-4 thereafter.