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 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. 

The TRACE / RTRS Working Group will have its next call on Monday May 18 at 1 pm ET. The Working Group will discuss the first draft of an 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.

The next call for the 24x7 Trading Working Group will be on Monday May 18 at 3 pm ET. The Working Group will discuss the first draft of an FIF letter to the SEC and FINRA on implementation issues relating to the planned expansion of exchange trading hours. 

The Front Office Committee will have its next call on Tuesday May 19 at 11 am ET to review applicable updates and notices from the SEC, FINRA, FINRA CAT and the equity and option exchanges.

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 19 at noon ET; the second call will be on Wednesday May 20 at 2 pm ET; the third call will be on Thursday May 21 at 11 am. During the Tuesday call, the Working Groups will discuss a draft FIF letter to the SEC, CAT LLC and FINRA requesting that CAT LLC hold-off on deleting CAT data that is older than three years. During the Wednesday and Thursday calls, the Working Groups will discuss the first draft of an FIF comment letter on the CAT Concept Release.