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01 October, 2018

Working Group Updates (Week of 9/24)

01 October, 2018
  • FIF CAT Tech Spec Review Working Group -  Finished our review of the Tech Spec and will hold a final meeting today to review the comment letter to ThesysCAT
  • FIF Cybersecurity Working Group - Held our Cybersecurity meeting Thursday where we focused on a case study of the NotPetya attacks and how your firms can combat these types of threats 
  • FIF Front Office Committee Meeting -  Focused on order management and trading system issues resulting from proposed rule changes (SEC, FINRA, SROs) and other initiatives impacting exchange traded equities and options, and OTC transactions. Find this month's agenda here.
  • FIF Data & Technology Committee Meeting - This month's spotlight topic was presented by Jeff Wells who updated us on the CAT implementation timeline and how CAT might be an opportunity to manage and consolidate market data infrastructure at your firms.  We followed this presentation with our monthly Market Data Capacity Reports, a summary of exchange and SIP technical notices and updates, and a review of recent or upcoming regulations that impact market data. Find the meeting materials here and the full capacity report here.