The Short Sales / Reg SHO / Short Reporting Working Group will have its next call on Tuesday January 7 at 11 am ET. The Working Group will continue its discussion of the implementation of short position reporting.   

The next call for the CAT Transaction Reporting Working Group will be on Wednesday January 8, 2025 at 2 pm ET.

The CAT Monthly Update Working Group call for January will be on Monday January 12 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 Tax Information Reporting Working Group for Thursday January 16 at 3:30 pm ET. Representatives from Wolters Kluwer will discuss Tax Reporting Considerations for Digital Asset ETFs.  

The Back Office Committee will have its next call on Tuesday January 21 at 11 am ET to review applicable FICC, DTC, NSCC, SEC, MSRB, OCC, IRS and FINRA updates during the past month. FIF will review the SEC’s recent rule change to require broker-dealers that exceed a specified average credit threshold to compute the customer reserve requirement on a daily basis. FIF has prepared an outline of the rule change, which will be reviewed during the Working Group call.

On Tuesday January 21 at 3 pm ET, FIF is hosting a webinar on Trading Risk Controls and Reg SCI. The moderator for the panel will be Erin Clemens of StoneX. The panelists will be William Barbera of the Schulte Roth law firm, Chris Boldt of Interactive Brokers, Jim Dolan of Kezar Trading, and Doug Craig of Fidessa. FIF has invited the members of the Compliance and Surveillance Working Group and the SEC Cyber, Reg SCI and Reg S-P Working Group to participate in this webinar. If you would like to participate on this call and are not a member of either Working Group, please update your FIF...

FIF has scheduled the next call for the Cybersecurity Working Group for Thursday January 23 at 1 pm ET.  Matt Weinberg of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agenda (CISA) will provide an update on current threats to the financial industry. CISA is an agency of the US Department of Homeland Security. The Working Group will also review recent FINRA, FBI and NSA updates relating to cybersecurity.

FIF has scheduled a call for Thursday January 23 at 3 pm ET to discuss regulatory implementations for 2025 and beyond. FIF has invited the members of the SEC FINRA Regulations Working Group and the Compliance Working Group to participate on this call. If you would like to participate on this call and are not a member of either Working Group, please update your FIF profile or contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The Front Office Committee will have its next call on Tuesday January 28 at 11 am ET to review applicable updates and notices from the SEC, FINRA, FINRA CAT and the equity and option exchanges. Representatives from Blue Ocean ATS will discuss recent and upcoming developments relating to extended-hours trading.