On March 28, FIF submitted a letter to the SEC in support of the request by the CAT Plan Participants to extend the current exemption for reporting events to CAT in granularity beyond nanoseconds.

FIF is not hosting any Working Group calls for this week. Regular Working Group calls will recommence during the week of April 7.

FIF has created a new subgroup to discuss Direct Reporting for Muni Trades. Peter Lisman of Broadridge will be managing this subgroup. If you would like to participate in this subgroup, please send a note to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and we will include you in these discussions.

FIF has scheduled three calls for next week for the SLATE Working Group. The first call will be on Monday April 7 at 11 am ET; the second call will be on Tuesday April 8 at 11 am ET; and the third call will be on Thursday April 10 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 two joint calls next week for the CAT CAIS and CAT Transaction Reporting Working Groups. The first call will be on Monday April 7 at 2 pm ET; the second call will be on Wednesday April 9 at 11 am. The Working Groups will continue the discussion of a draft comment letter on the rule filing by the CAT Plan Participants to remove PII from CAT.

The CAT Transaction Reporting Working Group will have its next call on Wednesday April 9 at 2 pm ET. The Working Group will continue its discussion on managing CAT costs.

On Thursday April 10 at 10 am ET, representatives from ICE Clear Credit will discuss their new Treasury clearing service. FIF has invited the members of the Back Office Committee, the Financial Risk Regulations Working Group, and the Fixed Income Regulations Working Group to participate on this call.

The CAT Monthly Update Working Group call for April will be on Thursday April 10 at 2 pm ET. The Working Group will review guidance and updates from the CAT Plan Participants and FINRA CAT on CAT Transaction Reporting, CAT CAIS and CAT billing during the prior month. The Working Group will also review the current areas of focus for FIF members and the current open issues for CAT Transaction Reporting, CAT CAIS reporting and CAT billing.

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.