FIF has scheduled three calls for this week for the SLATE Working Group. The first call will be on Monday April 14 at 11 am ET; the second call will be on Wednesday April 16 at 11 am ET; and the third call will be on Thursday April 18 at 11 am ET. The Working Group will continue its discussion of a draft letter to the SEC and FINRA relating to the implementation of SLATE reporting.

FIF has scheduled a call for the Equity Market Regulations Working Group for Monday April 14 at 2 pm ET. The Working Group will discuss the testing and implementation process for the upcoming changes to round lot sizes and dissemination of odd lot data.

FIF has scheduled a call for the Short Sales / Reg SHO / Short Reporting Working Group for Tuesday April 15 at 10 am ET. The Working Group will discuss the current status on the implementation of short position reporting. The Working Group will also discuss whether FIF members want to respond to FINRA Regulatory Notice 25-04 (FINRA Launches Broad Review to Modernize Rules Regarding Member Firms and Associated Persons) by recommending changes to short interest reporting.

The Back Office Committee will have its next call on Tuesday April 15 at 11 am ET to review applicable FICC, DTC, NSCC, SEC, MSRB, OCC, IRS and FINRA updates during the past month. Representatives from the CME will discuss their new Treasury cash and repo clearing service.

FIF has scheduled a joint call for the Rule 606 and Rule 606 Working Groups for Tuesday April 15 at 1 pm ET. FIF members will provide an update on a call with SEC representatives relating to Rule 606(a) and the implementation of FINRA Rule 6470.

The CAT Transaction Reporting Working Group will have its next call on Wednesday April 16 at 2 pm ET. The Working Group will continue its discussion on managing CAT costs and will discuss other issues relating to CAT Transaction Reporting.

On Monday April 28 at 3 pm ET, FIF is hosting a webinar on Electronic Communications Surveillance. The moderator for the panel will be Holly Dito of Daiwa. The panelists will be Rajni Chidambaram of Interactive Brokers, Erin Clemens of StoneX, Donald McElligott of Global Relay, and Craig Warkol of the Schulte Roth law firm. FIF has invited the members of the Compliance and Surveillance Working Group to participate in this webinar. If you would like to participate in this webinar and are not a member of this Working Group, please update your FIF profile or contact This email address is being...

SLATE Working Group. FIF hosted three calls this past week for the Securities Lending Transparency (SLATE) Working Group. The Working Group discussed issues and questions from FIF members relating to lending scenarios involving a non-US affiliate, cross-border scenarios, prime broker scenarios, the SLATE feedback process, reporting for terminations, reporting for a loan with no collateral, FINRA’s provision of a consolidated securities list, reporting when there are multiple modifications on the same day, reporting the quantity loaned, reporting for a loan that is cancelled on the same...

Citadel Securities has partnered with e-trading technology provider for fixed income markets, TransFICC, to lead a $25 million Series B investment round. According to a story in The Trade news, the investment will provide infrastructure, expanding TransFICC’s electronic trading capabilities in a bid to enhance venue and workflow support.  To date, combined investments raised totals $50 million. According to TransFICC, the technology aims to address challenges presented by the increased adoption of algo tools, all-to-all markets and the rise of fixed income ETFs that...