Article from TabbForum:    While the SEC first approved the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) in 2012, writes Howard Meyerson, Managing Director of the Financial Information Forum, there have been a series of important recent developments relating to CAT that firms should be aware of. In this CAT update, Mr. Meyerson highlights a number of these developments that will impact firm trading, technology, operations, compliance and finance. The SEC first approved CAT in 2012, but due to important ongoing developments CAT is still a significant focus for many industry members....

Article from Regulatory Intelligence: SIFMA and the Financial Information Forum ("FIF") urged the SEC to better understand the "magnitude" of the costs associated with changing the funding model for the National Market System Plan Governing the Consolidated Audit Trail ("CAT NMS Plan"). The associations filed the joint comment letter in response to the SEC's June 16, 2023 Order to institute proceedings on whether to approve proposed amendments to the CAT NMS Plan filed by CAT, LLC. Under the proposal, the funding model under the CAT NMS Plan would be replaced with the...

June 8, 2023 (Fried Frank News & Insights):  The Financial Information Forum ("FIF"), Nasdaq, CME and the Investment Company Institute ("ICI") (collectively, the "Associations") recommended changes to the SEC's proposed rules on cybersecurity risk management practices. Proposed Amendments to Reg S-P ("Privacy of Consumer Financial Information and Safeguarding Personal Information") The SEC proposed to (i) require firms to implement written incident response plans, (ii) provide timely notification to affected individuals following data breaches and (iii) extend the protections of...

An article by FIF Managing Director, Howard Meyerson, is highlighted as the top story of the Tabb Forum this morning. The article focuses in on the new CAT fee proposal. Please find the article here. 

FIF Managing Director, Howard Meyerson, has been quoted in a FinOps Report article on Rule 605. Please find Rule 605 Reports: Next for Transparency Data Overhaul?, an article by Chris Kentouris, here. 

Howard Meyerson, Managing Director of FIF, highlights the changes that might be coming for Fixed Income trading desks with the new TRACE enhancements for the TabbForum https://tabbforum.com/opinions/finras-trace-reporting-proposal-could-have-big-impact-on-fixed-income-trading-systems/

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FIF has been featured in an article on SEC Rule 606, written by John D'Antona, it can be found on MarketsMedia. Read it here

FIF's article on SEC Rule 606, written by FIF Director Christopher Bok, has been featured in Traders Magazine. Read it here