FIF has scheduled two CAT Working Group calls for this week. The first call will be a joint call for the CAT Transaction Reporting and CAT CAIS Working Groups on Wednesday February 26 at 11 am ET. During this call, the Working Groups will discuss a revised draft FIF letter in response to the SEC’s February 10 Exemptive Order to remove PII from CAT. The second call will be for the CAT Transaction Reporting Working Group and is scheduled for Wednesday February 26 at 2 pm ET. The second call will focus on port settings, representative order linkage, CAT costs and other CAT Transaction Reporting issues. 

FIF has scheduled the next call for the SLATE Working Group for Thursday February 27 at 10 am ET. The Working Group will continue its review of FINRA’s February 12 updates to the SLATE Technical Specification. The Working Group will also continue its discussion of the SEC approval of the FINRA rule filing for SLATE and current open interpretive issues.

FIF has scheduled the next call for the SEC Transition Working Group for Thursday February 27 at 2 pm ET. The Working Group will continue its discussion of issues and recommendations for FIF to raise with the incoming SEC Chair during 2025. If you are interested in this topic and are not a member of this Working Group, you can update your FIF profile or contact fifinfo@fif.com.

On Wednesday March 5 at 11 am ET, William Barbera and Derek Lacarrubba from the Schulte law firm will discuss the 2025 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report. FIF has invited the members of the Compliance and Surveillance Working Group to participate on this call.

The Short Sales / Reg SHO / Short Reporting Working Group will have its next call on Tuesday February 18 at 11 am ET. The Working Group will discuss a draft letter to the SEC as a follow-up to the SEC’s February 7 Exemptive Order to extend the compliance date for Form SHO reporting.