FIF has created a new SEC Transition Working Group. This Working Group will discuss issues and recommendations for FIF to raise with the incoming SEC Chair during 2025. This Working Group will have its first call during January. If you would like to participate in this Working Group, please update your FIF profile or contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. FIF also has created a new Fixed Income Regulations Working Group. If you would like to participate in this Working Group, please update your FIF profile or contact This email...

FIF has scheduled the next call for the OFR Repo Reporting Working Group for Monday January 6, 2025 at 11 am ET. The Working Group will continue its discussion of the implementation of reporting non-centrally cleared bilateral repos.

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 Thursday January 9 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.  

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.

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, NSA and FBI updates relating to cybersecurity.

According to an ICE press release, the New York Stock Exchange, part of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE) announced today that it will close all NYSE Group equity and options markets on Thursday, January 9, 2025, in observance of the National Day of Mourning in recognition of the passing of former President Jimmy Carter. President Carter, the 39th President of the United States, served from 1977 to 1981. He was also a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, a Navy veteran, served as the 76th Governor of Georgia, and founded the Carter Center, where he served for...