The series will include multiple webinars for FIF Members that will address the implementation considerations of the 898 page Rule. The kickoff panel on February 1 covered the Rule Overview and was presented by Wayne Aaron of the Vedder Price law firm in a conversation with Matt Billings of Two Sigma and Tom Jordan, Chair of the FIF Advisory Committee. This second webinar will take place today, February 8th at 4pm ET. The webinar will focus on the data: core; odd-lots; round lots; auction data; regulatory; and depth of book. The panel will include a representative from an exchange, the sell-side and the buy-side as we are joined by John Ramsay of IEX,  Rich Steiner of RBC and Rob Mohan of Wellington. The panel discussion will be moderated by Tom Jordan, FIF Advisory Chair.  If you would like to attend today's webinar, please register here.

Future topics in the series include Governance & Pricing, Competing Consolidators, Self-Aggregators, Transition and Dates, and Retail, Institutional and Buy-Side considerations.

On January 26, FIF submitted comments to FINRA CAT in response to the CAT CAIS Specifications published by FINRA CAT on January 19. On January 27, FIF submitted comments and questions to FINRA CAT based on issues raised by FIF Members.

On December 23, 2020, FINRA issued a request for comment on Enhancements to TRACE Reporting for U.S. Treasury Securities. The proposed changes could require significant changes to trade execution and reporting systems for U.S. Treasuries as well as trading and reporting workflow changes. On January 26 FIF held a call to review a draft comment letter on the FINRA Regulatory Notice. The next Working Group call is scheduled for February 2 to continue the review of the draft comment letter. 

On January 28, 2021, OFAC issued General License No. 1A and new FAQs 878 and 879 providing relief relating to an entity whose name closely matches, but does not exactly match, the name of a Communist Chinese military company.

The series will be multiple panels for FIF Members that will address the implementation considerations of the 898 page Rule. The kickoff panel later today at 4PM ET will focus on the Rule Overview and will be presented by Wayne Aaron of the Vedder Price law firm in a conversation with Matt Billings of Two Sigma and Tom Jordan, Chair of the FIF Advisory Committee.

Topics in the series include: The Data, Governance & Pricing, Competing Consolidators, Self-Aggregators, Transition and Dates, Retail/Institutional and Buy-Side considerations. Committed speakers to date include representatives from Cboe, Exegy, Georgetown McDonough Business School, IEX, RBC Capital Markets, and Refinitiv.

Last chance to register for today’s Webinar. Please register here.