FIF has scheduled a call for Thursday April 18 at 2 pm ET to continue the discussion of the Trade Reporting Notice on fractional share transactions published by FINRA on March 22, including feedback from FINRA. FIF has invited the members of the Data and Technology Committee and the TRF/ORF Working Group to participate on this call. If you would like to participate on this call and are not a member of this Committee or Working Group, please update your FIF profile or contact fifinfo@fif.com.

FIF has scheduled the next call for the Tax Information Reporting Working Group for Thursday April 18 at 3 pm ET. Representatives from Wolters Kluwer will provide an update on amendments to the Section 871(m) regulations applying the Section 871(m) withholding tax on “dividend equivalent payments” to long U.S. equity-linked derivative positions that have a “delta” of .8 or greater.

FIF will hold an in-person event at the offices of OTC Markets on Monday May 6th from 5-8 pm ET. The 1^st panel will discuss current regulatory challenges for digital assets. The second panel will discuss current implementation challenges, including SEC Rule 605, FINRA Rule 6151 (Rule 606 filings with FINRA), SEC Rule 13f-2 (short position reporting), CAT, and fractional shares on the TRF. The event will take place at the offices of OTC Markets at 300 Vesey Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY. Registration in the lobby and networking begins at 4:15 pm ET. The speaking engagement will be from 5-6:30 pm ET with refreshments and networking afterwards from 6:30-8 pm ET. FIF Members may register for free here. FIF would like to thank OTC Markets for once again hosting an in-person event.

FIF has scheduled the next call for the FIF Short Sales / Reg SHO / Short Interest Reporting Working Group for Monday April 1 at 2 pm ET. The Working Group will continue its review and discussion of implementation issues relating to SEC Rule 13f-2 on Short Position and Short Activity Reporting, including identification of reportable securities, applicability of the Form 13F reporting requirements to Form SHO, reporting by affiliated groups, and application of the Form SHO reporting requirements to activity outside the US. 

FIF has scheduled the next call for the Rule 605 Working Group for Tuesday April 2 at 3 pm ET. The Working Group will continue its review and discussion of the changes to Rule 605 that the SEC adopted on March 6.