On November 8, FIF submitted a letter to the Commission requesting an extension of the implementation date for short position reporting. FIF would like to thank the members of the Short Sales / Reg SHO / Short Reporting Working Group for their contributions in the drafting of this extension request.

FIF has scheduled a call for the Short Sales / Reg SHO / Short Position Reporting Working Group for Monday November 11 at 11 am ET. The Working Group will continue to discuss the implementation of short position reporting.

The Back Office Committee will have its next call on Tuesday November 12 at 11 am ET to review applicable FICC, DTC, NSCC, SEC, MSRB, OCC and FINRA updates during the past month. The spotlight presenter will be Sheila Zak of the Options Clearing Corporation, who will provide an update on external testing for OCC Ovation.

FIF has scheduled a call for the Large Options Positions Reporting Working Group for Tuesday November 12 at 1 pm ET. The agenda for the call will be to discuss current practices applied by reporting firms to identify In Concert groups for LOPR reporting. If you would like to participate on this call and are not a member of this Working Group, please update your FIF profile or send a note to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The OFR Repo Reporting Working Group will have its next call on Wednesday November 13 at 11 am ET. The Working Group will continue to discuss the implementation of the new requirement to report non-centrally cleared bilateral repos to the Treasury Department’s Office of Financial Research. FIF has moved this week’s call from Monday to Wednesday because of Veteran’s Day.

The next call for the TRACE Working Group will be on Wednesday November 13 at 1 pm ET. The Working Group will continue its discussion of the recent approvals by the SEC of the FINRA and MSRB rule filings that provide for one-minute reporting to TRACE and RTRS, subject to exceptions for manual activity and firms with limited trading activity.

FIF has scheduled a call for the CAT Transaction Reporting Working Group for Wednesday November 13 at 2 pm ET. FIF has not scheduled a CAIS Working Group call for this week. The next CAIS Working Group call will be on Wednesday November 20 at 11 am ET.

FIF has scheduled a call for the Section 31 subgroup for Thursday November 14 at 1 pm ET. The subgroup will continue the discussion of a recent pilot by FINRA to provide trade-level details to support reconciliation of Section 31 fees. If you would like to participate on this call and are not a member of this subgroup, please send a note to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.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 the next call for the Rule 605 Working Group for Thursday November 14 at 2 pm ET. The Working Group will discuss responses from the SEC to the June 2024 FIF letter relating to the implementation of the SEC’s Rule 605 amendments.