The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board said Monday it is developing a proposal to make its interim broker-dealer inspection program permanent.
The permanent program will be accompanied by new rules based on economic analysis, the agency said.
A proposal would have to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In a report, the PCOAB said it expects to conduct the same number of inspections on broker-dealer auditing firms next year as this year: 75.
The PCAOB was given the authority to inspect broker-dealer auditors in 2010 by the Dodd-Frank Act.