On Monday January 29 at 2 pm ET, Satish Kini and Robert Dura of the Debevoise law firm will review 2023 developments relating to anti-money laundering and sanctions regulations and key issues to focus on for 2024. FIF has invited the members of the Compliance and Surveillance Working Group and the SEC FINRA Regulations Working Group to participate on this call. If you would like to participate on this call and are not a member of either Working Group, please update your FIF profile or contact fifinfo@fif.com.

The Data and Technology Committee will have its next call on Wednesday January 31 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 will be Geralyn Endo of MEMX, who will provide an update on the launch of the MEMX Options Exchange.

FIF has scheduled the next call for the Cybersecurity Working Group for Wednesday January 31 at 3 pm ET. Matt Weinberg of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agenda (CISA) will provide a quarterly update on current threats to the financial industry. CISA is an agency of the US Department of Homeland Security. If you would like to participate on this call and are not a member of the Cybersecurity Working Group, please update your FIF profile or contact fifinfo@fif.com.

FIF has scheduled two additional calls for the CAT Transaction Reporting Working Group for this week: on Monday January 8 at 2 pm ET, the Working Group will review a revised draft FIF letter to the SEC on the requirement for a routing firm to report to CAT settings applied by a receiving firm; on Tuesday January 9 at 1 pm ET, the Working Group will discuss reconciliation of CAT invoices. The regularly-scheduled CAT Transaction Reporting call on Wednesday at 2 pm ET will focus on the recent rule filings by FINRA and the other SROs relating to collection of CAT fees, issues and questions from FIF members, and recent FAQ updates.

On Tuesday January 9 at 3 pm ET, Penny Christophorou and Ignacio Sandoval of the Morgan Lewis law firm will review the rule recently adopted by the SEC to expand centralized clearing of Treasuries. FIF has invited members of the following Committees and Working Groups to participate on this call: Back Office Committee; Compliance and Surveillance Working Group; Financial Risk Regulations Working Group; and TRACE / Fixed Income Working Group. If you would like to participate on this call and are not a member of any of these Committees or Working Groups, please update your FIF profile or contact fifinfo@fif.com.