FIF has scheduled the next call for the TRACE / RTRS Working Group for Tuesday March 25 at 2 pm ET. Working Group members will discuss an FIF call with MSRB representatives relating to one-minute reporting and the manual trade indicator.

The Data and Technology Committee will have its next call on Wednesday March 26 at 10 am ET to review capacity, latency and volume data for the prior month for the equity, options, currency, crypto and futures markets. The spotlight presenter will be Dan Labovitz of the Green Impact Exchange. Dan will discuss the Green Impact Exchange and its current regulatory filing with the SEC. 

FIF has scheduled a joint call for the CAT CAIS and CAT Transaction Reporting Working Groups for Wednesday March 26 at 11 am ET to continue the discussion of the removal of PII from CAT and the need to retire EBS.

The CAT Transaction Reporting Working Group will have its next call on Wednesday March 26 at 2 pm ET. The Working Group will discuss CAT billing, CAT feedback files, the FIF exemption request relating to representative order linkage and other topics relating to CAT reporting.

FIF has scheduled a call for Thursday March 27 at 12 pm ET to continue the discussion of planned changes relating to the Options Regulatory Fee. If you are interested in this topic and do not have this invite in your calendar, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and we will include you in this discussion.

FIF has scheduled a call for the CAT Transaction Reporting Working Group for Thursday March 27 at 2 pm ET to discuss 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.

SLATE Working Group. FIF hosted two calls this past week for the SLATE Working Group. The Working Group discussed reporting the Loan ID, reporting for corporate actions, reporting for intra-day events, the SLATE feedback files, identifying the reporting party for various scenarios that involve an intermediary, and whether SLATE reporting applies to the scenario where a broker-dealer uses a principal long position to settle a customer short sale. Implementation of Regulation NMS Amendments. FIF hosted a call for the Equity Market Regulations Working Group. The Working Group discussed...

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