Is an Industry Member that is a clearing broker required to report an allocation report before all required information about the allocation is known? Specifically, allocations to DVP accounts require the DVPCustodianID field to be populated. How would the clearing firm report an allocation report if the DVPCustodianID is not yet available?
Because the identity of the prime broker is a required element on the allocation report to a DVP account, the allocation report cannot be reported to CAT until the DVPCustodianID is known to the clearing broker. The allocation eventTimestamp should represent the time all required elements, including the DVPCustodianID, are known to the Industry Member clearing broker.