FIF is excited to announce our year-end event will take place on the evening of Tuesday December 5, and it will be sponsored by Société Générale. Those who were at the last Société Générale event back in 2017 know what a great venue this is, and FIF is excited to partner with Société Générale once again. We are planning on running two panels, with the first focusing on technology, including trading infrastructure in the cloud. The second panel will focus on operational challenges of new regulations in 2024 and beyond. Please save the date on your calendars as December can get busy before the holidays. FIF will create a registration page for this event following the completion of our FIF Chicago event on October 30.

FIF is excited to announce our annual Chicago event, sponsored by Cboe Global Markets. After opening remarks from Catherine Clay, there will be two panels, one focusing on regulation and compliance, and the other focusing on trading technology. FIF Advisory Chair, Tom Jordan, will moderate both panels. The regulation and compliance panel will feature Gregg Berman of Citadel, Angela Lucas of Simplex, and Nicole Pursley of Cboe Global Markets. The trading technology panel will feature Mike Smith of IPC, Raymond Tsui of SS&C Eze, and Jeff Wells of Cboe Global Markets. After the first panel, Henry Schwartz of Cboe will provide an update on the state of the options market. The event will take place on October 30 at Cboe's offices at 433 West Van Buren Street, Chicago, IL 60607. Registration in the lobby begins at 2 pm CT. The speaking engagement will be from 3-4:30 pm CT, with refreshments and networking afterwards from 4:30-6 pm CT. FIF would like to thank Cboe Global Markets for sponsoring this event. Please register here to secure your spot. FIF events are free to attend for FIF Members. If you have any questions, please contact fifinfo@fif.com.

FIF is excited to announce our year-end event will take place on the evening of Tuesday December 5, and it will be sponsored by Société Générale. Those who were at the last Société Générale event back in 2017 know what a great venue this is, and FIF is excited to partner with Société Générale once again. We are planning on running two panels, with the first focusing on technology, including trading infrastructure in the cloud. The second panel will focus on operational challenges of new regulations in 2024 and beyond. Please save the date on your calendars as December can get busy before the holidays. FIF will create a registration page for this event following the completion of our FIF Chicago event on October 30.

On October 10 FIF submitted a letter to the CAT Plan Participants and FINRA CAT on the CAT billing process.

FIF has scheduled the next call for the Next Bridge sub-group for Monday October 16 at 1 pm ET. The agenda for the call will be to discuss next steps after the October 10 FIF member call with SEC representatives. The Form S-1 registration statement filed by Next Bridge Hydrocarbons proposes to distribute subscription rights only to holders who register their Next Bridge common stock directly with the company's transfer agent. The Next Bridge proposal, if approved by the SEC, would prohibit holders who want to participate in the offering from holding their shares through a broker or other intermediary. If you are interested in participating in this call, please send a note to fifinfo@fif.com.