NEW YORK, NY --- On Tuesday, December 13th, the FIF, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Intel co-hosted a widely successful Year-End Event focusing on the future of trading technology. More than one hundred and fifteen participants (representing fifty FIF member firms) filled the stunning Museum of American Finance on Wall Street.

The audience was captivated by panelists including: Tom Tyler, Americas Director of HPC Solutions (Hewlett Packard Enterprise), Ann Neidenbach, Chief Information Officer (ConvergEx), Randy Faust, Director of Product Development (OTC Markets), and Dan Solak, Senior Consultant (Jordan and Jordan).   The panelists discussed the evolution of trading technology and trading systems, the gradual migration to cloud based products and services, “Big Data,” "Smart Data,” cybersecurity, open source technologies and Blockchain. Panelists also focused on the future of artificial intelligence in the workplace, discussing the benefits and drawbacks of such changes. The panel was effectively moderated by Tom Jordan (FIF Advisory Committee Chair), who initiated the key talking points and opened the discussion on stage to the audience members below who had a few follow-up questions of their own.

Overall, the Year-End Event was a success. The participants shared positive feedback on all aspects of the event, including the networking reception which occurred on the beautiful main floor of the American Museum of Finance, where many of the participants were fascinated by the museum displays on financial markets, the history of American currency, banking, entrepreneurship and Alexander Hamilton. FIF thanks Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Intel for kindly hosting the event as well as all those who participated.

On Monday, November 7, 2016, FIF submitted an addendum to their previous comment letter on proposed enhancements to Disclosure of Order Handling Information.  The addendum focuses on FIF's proposed combined template as an alternative to the proposed template provided by the SEC.

FIF is forming a working group to discuss implementation of the new FINRA requirements for TRACE reporting of transactions in US Treasuries, to become effective July 10, 2017.  The first meeting of the working group will be held on Wednesday, November 16 at 3PM (ET).  If you would like to join this working group, please ensure that your FIF member registration profile includes "TRACE-related Topics."  For further information, please contact the Program Office at fifinfo@fif.com.

FIF's Chicago Financial Markets event, hosted by the CME will be held on Tuesday, October 18th 2016.  Speakers include representatives from the CME, CHX, NASDAQ, CBOE and MIAX.  Registration is now closed.  For further details on the agenda, please click here.

Speakers and the agenda for FIF's Chicago Financial Markets event, to be held at the CME on October 18th, has been finalized.  Registration will begin at 11:30 CT and will conclude at 2:30 CT.  Lunch and refreshments will be provided. To register and view the agenda, please click here.