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FIF will be holding an ATS working group meeting on Friday, January 13^th at 10:00 am with FINRA to discuss implementation issues related to the inclusion of sequencing numbers pursuant to FINRA Rule 4554.

FIF announced at its year end event and December Committee meetings that it would be renaming the FIF Market Data Technology Committee to the FIF “Data and Technology” Committee beginning in 2017.  The change in no way diminishes the current FIF processing and reporting of market data analytics along with capacity planning support provided today. It instead broadens the overall committee scope and focus to examine growing trends in data and technology, including the hosting of relevant spotlight topics and additional member seminars on technology-related topics. The Committee charter expansion came as a result of feedback and discussions with FIF members, and is meant to further enhance the value of FIF membership for firms with specific interests in financial services technology, products and services.

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.