• For this week only, the Wednesday FIF CAIS Working Group call be at 10 am ET instead of 11 am ET. This is to avoid a time conflict with the StoneX webinar discussed below.
• Going forward, FIF will continue to send weekly invites for the CAIS Working Group for Wednesday at 11 am ET. FIF will no longer send weekly CAIS invites for Friday at 1 pm ET. FIF will schedule individual CAIS calls for Friday when necessary.
• Because of the Passover holiday, the CAT Monthly Update Working Group call for April will be on Thursday April 13 at 2 pm ET instead of Thursday April 6 at 2 pm ET.

The SEC “No-Action” relief permitting U.S. brokers to accept cash research payments from MiFID-regulated clients is set to expire on July 3, 2023, leaving many global managers and brokers unsure of the right course of action to take. 

On Wednesday April 5 at 11 am ET, FIF member StoneX will host a no-cost virtual webinar designed to update institutional investment professionals on the implications of the SEC’s decision not to extend the SEC “No-Action” relief. The webinar will present viable options / solutions, along with the strengths and weaknesses of each for consideration once the "No-Action” relief expires. The presenters will be Gerald Lins, Special Counsel, Eversheds Sutherland, Michael Mayhew, Chairman, Founder and Global Director of Research, Integrity Research Associates, LLC, and Steven Stone, Partner, Morgan Lewis. If you are interested in attending this webinar, please register directly with StoneX. (select "Yes" on the Are You an Institutional Investment Professional question or else registration will not go through)

In addition to this webinar, if you would be interested in participating with other FIF members in follow-up discussions on this topic, please send a note to fifinfo@fif.com.

FIF has created a new SEC Cyber, Reg SCI and Reg S-P Working Group. To join this Working Group, please update your FIF profile or contact fifinfo@fif.com.

FIF has scheduled a call for Tuesday April 11 at 11 am ET to review and discuss the SEC’s recent cyber, Reg SCI and Reg S-P rule proposals. FIF has invited members of the following Working Groups to participate on this call: the Compliance and Surveillance Working Group; the Cybersecurity Working Group; and the newly-formed SEC Cyber, Reg SCI and Reg S-P Working Group. If you are interested in participating on this call and are not a member of any of these Working Groups, please update your FIF profile or contact fifinfo@fif.com.

On Thursday April 13 at 11 am ET, Greg Markovich, Senior Director in the FINRA Cyber Enabled Fraud (CEF) Group, will discuss FINRA’s 2023 cyber-related priorities. FIF has invited members of the FIF Cybersecurity Working Group and the FIF Compliance and Surveillance Working Group to participate on this call and will also invite members of the newly-formed SEC Cyber, Reg SCI and Reg S-P Working Group. If you are not a member of any of these Working Groups and would like to participate on this call, please update your FIF profile or contact fifinfo@fif.com.