Registration for this event ends at 5pm ET today. FIF will hold our annual Chicago event, sponsored by Cboe Global Markets, on Wednesday October 9. After opening remarks from Kevin Carrai of Cboe Global Markets, there will be two panels, one focusing on options trading and market developments and the other focusing on managing technology risk. For the options trading and market developments panel, the moderator will be Mark Davies of S3 and the panelists will be Angelo Evangelou of Cboe Global Markets, Ben Londergan of Simplex Trading and Brian McLaughlin of IPC. The managing technology risk panel will be moderated by Tom Jordan of Jordan & Jordan with the panelists being Chris Boldt of Interactive Brokers, Jim Dolan of Kezar Trading, Tim Sargent of CalcGuard Technologies and Jeff Wells of Cboe Global Markets. 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 has scheduled a webinar on best execution for Monday October 7 at 3 pm ET. The moderator will be Chris Montagnino of Jordan & Jordan. The panelists will be Ben Calev of BXS, Mark Davies of S3 and Ted Karn of The Karn Group. FIF has invited the members of the Compliance and Surveillance, Rule 605 and Rule 606 Working Groups to participate in this webinar.

As a reminder, FIF strictly prohibits the recording of our calls. We have noticed recently that some members have attempted to use AI notetaking tools on our calls, FIF classifies this as a recording tool. Members caught using recording tools of any kind on our calls will be removed from the call.

FIF has scheduled a call for the Short Sales / Reg SHO / Short Position Reporting Working Group for Monday October 7 at 10 am ET. The Working Group will continue its discussion of the implementation of Form SHO reporting.

FIF has scheduled the next call for the OFR Repo Reporting Working Group for Monday October 7 at 11 am ET. The Working Group will continue its review of the FAQ updates published by the Treasury Department’s Office of Financial Research (OFR) on September 27 relating to the reporting of non-centrally cleared bilateral repos. The Working Group will also review a draft supplemental FIF letter to the OFR.