FIF has formed a CAT Working Group focused on CAT CAIS. We are pleased to announce that Will Leahey of Refinitiv and Jacki Van Moer of Goldman Sachs have agreed to act as Co-chairs for the new FIF CAT CAIS Working Group. The first meeting of this Working Group will be this Thursday, September 3^rd at 11 am ET. The invite for the CAT CAIS Working Group meetings has been sent to participants who have previously signed-up for the CAT CAIS Working Group. If you are interested in participating in this Working Group and have not yet signed-up, please update your profile here or email fifinfo@fif.com for assistance.

FIF is beginning the process of gathering names of members interested in joining discussions focused on the implementation of the CAT CAIS Tech Spec. In order to subscribe to this subgroup, please update your profile here, or email fifinfo@fif.com for assistance. FIF plans to hold the first meeting sometime next week. 

FIF is thrilled to announce the hiring of Howard Meyerson as the new Managing Director of FIF. Howard was most recently the Global Chief Compliance Officer at Liquidnet Holdings, Inc. During his time at Liquidnet, Howard managed legal, regulatory and compliance for the introduction and operation of the Liquidnet trading system in 46 countries on 6 continents.  He has been intimately involved with market structure issues globally, including meetings and communications with SEC Commissioners and staff, the Head of FINRA and FINRA staff, Congressional representatives and staff, and European Union, UK and Canadian regulators. FIF would like to thank Andrew White from Jordan & Jordan for stepping in the last few weeks to help facilitate the transition between Managing Directors. 

Press Release Howard Meyerson to Lead FIF

As a reminder, any CAT Reporting Brokers who have not entered their firms information into the CAT Counterparty Contact Utility should do so as soon as possible. Currently, we have about 200 brokers entered into the system but we have a long way to go until it's a complete list. FIF encourages you to utilize this free tool as it is open to both FIF Member and non-FIF Member alike. Please follow the instructions on this page to enter your firm's information into the Utility. If your firm already entered their information and you would like viewing access of the Utility or if you're unsure if your firm entered their information or not, please email the program office at fifinfo@fif.com.