FIF Submits Comment Letter on TRACE Reporting for Foreign Sovereign Debt Securities

On June 24, 2022, FIF submitted a comment letter to the SEC on the rule filing by FINRA (SR-FINRA-2022-013) to require reporting of transactions in U.S. Treasuries as soon as practicable, but no later than one hour after execution, and to require that electronic executions in U.S. Treasuries be reported to TRACE using the same time increment as recorded by the execution system for the transaction. FIF would like to thank the members of the TRACE/Fixed Income Working Group for their contributions in the drafting of this comment letter.

POSTED Jun 27,2022

FINRA Regulatory Notice on Reporting of OTC Options Transactions

On June 22, 2022, FINRA published Regulatory Notice 22-14, “OTC Options Reporting: FINRA Requests Comment on Proposed Trade Reporting Requirements for Over-The-Counter Options Transactions”. An FIF member has requested that FIF organize a member call to discuss this Regulatory Notice. If you are interested in participating in this discussion, please send a note to fifinfo@fif.com, and we will include you in this discussion. 

POSTED Jun 27,2022

Front Office Committee Spotlight

The FIF Front Office Committee will meet on Tuesday June 28, 2022 at 11 am ET to review applicable updates and notices from the SEC, FINRA, FINRA CAT and the equity and option exchanges. The spotlight presenter for the meeting will be Chris Sparrow, who will discuss Adverse Selection in Volatile Markets.

POSTED Jun 27,2022

Data and Technology Committee Spotlight

The FIF Data and Technology Committee will meet on Wednesday June 29, 2022 at 10 am ET to review capacity, latency and volume data for the prior month for the equity, options, currency, crypto and futures markets. The spotlight presenter for the meeting will be Stefanos Barzinas of the NYSE, who will discuss the surge in off hours trading volume.

POSTED Jun 27,2022

Cybersecurity Working Group Spotlight

On Thursday June 30 at 10 am ET, Teresa Walsh, Global Head of Intelligence at FS-ISAC, will discuss the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) Exercise that took place on April 19-22, 2022. This cyber defense exercise was specific to the financial services industry. FIF has invited the members of the Compliance, Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies Working Groups to this call. If you are not a member of any of these Working Groups and would like to participate on this call, please contact us fifinfo@fif.com.

POSTED Jun 27,2022

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