Fractional Shares Subgroup

FIF has scheduled a call for the Fractional Shares Subgroup for Thursday February 1 at 10 am ET. The agenda for the call is to discuss a question from an FIF member on the confirmation requirements when a fractional share position originated in the dividend reinvestment process is liquidated. If you would like to participate on this call and are not a member of the Fractional Shares Subgroup, please contact fifinfo@fif.com.

POSTED Jan 29,2024

TRACE Working Group

The next call for the TRACE Working Group will be on Thursday February 1 at 11 am ET. The agenda for the call will be to review and discuss the first draft of an FIF comment letter on (i) the January 11 rule filing by FINRA to reduce to one minute the TRACE reporting timeframe for securities that are currently subject to a fifteen-minute reporting timeframe and (ii) the parallel rule filing by the MSRB on January 12

POSTED Jan 29,2024

FIF CAT Monthly Update Working Group Call

The FIF CAT Monthly Update Working Group call for February will be on Thursday February 1 at 2 pm ET. The Working Group will review guidance and updates from the CAT Plan Participants and FINRA CAT on CAT Transaction Reporting, CAT CAIS and CAT billing reporting during the prior month. The Working Group will also review the current areas of focus for FIF members and the current open issues for CAT Transaction Reporting, CAT CAIS reporting and CAT billing.

POSTED Jan 29,2024

Review of Current SEC and FINRA Rulemaking Initiatives

On January 11 FIF hosted a call to review a digest of rules recently adopted or proposed by the SEC and FINRA. FIF has scheduled a call for Thursday February 1 at 3 pm ET to continue this review. The January 11 call focused on rulemaking relating to Technology, Operations and Finance; and Equities. The February 1 call will focus on rulemaking in the following areas, time permitting: Options; Fixed Income; Security-Based Swaps; Multiple Asset Classes; and Compliance and Proceedings. 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.

POSTED Jan 29,2024

Tax Information Reporting Working Group

The next call for the FIF Tax Information Reporting Working Group will be on Thursday February 8 at 3 pm ET. Representatives from Wolters Kluwer will discuss tax considerations for trading Bitcoin ETFs.

POSTED Jan 29,2024

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