FIF has scheduled a call for the CAT Transaction Reporting Working Group call for Wednesday October 23 at 2 pm ET. FIF has not scheduled a CAIS Working Group call for this week.

FIF has scheduled a call for the Rule 606 Working Group for Wednesday October 23 at 3 pm ET. The Working Group will discuss next steps in response to feedback from the SEC relating to Rule 606(a) reporting of the percentage of orders routed to different venues.

FIF has scheduled a call for the Equity Market Proposals Working Group for Thursday October 24 at 11 am ET to continue the discussion of the SEC’s recent amendments to Regulation NMS.

FIF has scheduled a call for the Section 31 subgroup for Thursday October 24 at 1 pm ET. The subgroup will discuss a recent pilot by FINRA to provide trade-level details to support reconciliation of Section 31 fees. If you would like to participate in this discussion 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., and we will add you to this subgroup. 

FIF has scheduled the next call for the Rule 605 Working Group for Thursday October 24 at 2 pm ET. The Working Group will discuss responses from the SEC on the June 2024 FIF letter relating to the implementation of the Rule 605 amendments.

The next call for the Tax Information Reporting Working Group will be on Wednesday October 30 at 3 pm ET. Stevie Conlon, Anna Vayser and Robert Schwaba from Wolters Kluwer will discuss key differences between digital asset and securities broker tax reporting.

The next call for the TRACE Working Group will be on Thursday October 31 at 2 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.

OFR Repo Reporting Working Group. The OFR Repo Reporting Working Group discussed issues and questions raised by FIF members relating to the implementation of the new requirement to report non-centrally cleared bilateral repos to the Treasury Department’s Office of Financial Research. The Working Group discussed reporting the Minimum Maturity Date for open repos, reporting for a scenario where a parent Category 2 covered reporter guarantees the obligations of a subsidiary Category 1 covered reporter, the impact of margin on the Current Cash Amount, reporting repos on the end date, and the...

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