FIF is excited to announce our next in-person event, sponsored by Daiwa Capital Markets, The Shift to 23/5: Convergence and Divergence in TradFi & Digital Asset Infrastructure.

After opening remarks from Chief Risk Officer, Ben Genek of Daiwa, there will be two panels, one on extended trading hours, TradeFi & the December 6th shift and the second will be on Digital Assets & Crypto – The Modern Blueprint. The event will take place on Wednesday June 17th at Daiwa Capital Markets' offices at 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 49th Floor, New York, NY 10020. Registration begins at 4:30 pm ET; the speaking engagement will be from 5-6:30 pm ET, with refreshments and networking afterwards from 6:30-8 pm ET. FIF would like to thank Daiwa Capital Markets for sponsoring this event. FIF Members may register for free here (sign in the site first, then register); non-members who are interested in attending may contact the program office at fifinfo@fif.com. 

On May 19, 2026, FIF submitted a letter to the SEC, FINRA and CAT LLC on the deletion of CAT records after three years. FIF would like to thank the members of the CAT Transaction Reporting and CAT Reference Database Working Groups for their contributions in the drafting of this letter.

The TRACE / RTRS Working Group will have its next call on Tuesday May 26 at 2 pm ET. The Working Group will continue its discussion of a draft FIF comment letter in response to the FINRA rule filing to expand the TRACE affiliate indicator to apply to trades with member affiliates. Working Group members will also provide an update to the full Working Group on a May 12 FIF member call with SEC staff members relating to direct reporting of munis.

FIF has scheduled three joint calls for the CAT Transaction Reporting and CAT Reference Database Working Groups for this week. The first call will be on Tuesday May 26 at 3 pm ET; the second call will be on Wednesday May 27 at 2 pm ET; the third call will be on Thursday May 28 at 11 am. The Working Groups will continue their discussion of a draft FIF comment letter on the CAT Concept Release. The Working Groups will also discuss the deletion of CAT data after three years and an FIF member survey on CAT and EBS costs.

The Data & Technology Committee will have its next call on Wednesday May 27 at 10 am ET to review capacity, latency and volume data for the prior month for the equity, options, currency, crypto and futures markets.