FIF has scheduled the next call for the OFR Repo Reporting Working Group for Monday September 16 at 11 am ET. The Working Group will review a draft FIF letter to the Treasury Department’s Office of Financial Research (the “OFR”) relating to the reporting of non-centrally cleared bilateral repos. The Working Group will also continue its review and discussion of the FAQs recently published by the OFR.

FIF has scheduled the next call for the Short Sales / Reg SHO / Short Position Reporting Working Group for Monday September 16 at 2 pm ET. The Working Group will continue its discussion of the implementation of the SEC’s new requirement for reporting of short positions.

FIF has scheduled the CAT Transaction Reporting Working Group call for this week for Monday September 16 at 3 pm ET. FIF has cancelled the CAIS Working Group call for this week.

The Back Office Committee will have its next call on Tuesday September 17 at 11 am ET to review applicable FICC, DTC, NSCC, SEC, MSRB, OCC and FINRA updates during the past month.

The SEC has scheduled an open meeting for Wednesday September 18 at 10 am ET to consider the adoption of amendments to Reg NMS to amend the minimum pricing increments for the quoting of certain NMS stocks, reduce the access fee caps, and enhance the transparency of better priced orders. You can access the open meeting on Wednesday morning from the SEC home page at www.sec.gov.

The next call for the Cybersecurity Working Group will be on Thursday September 19 at 3 pm ET. Matt Weinberg of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (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.

FIF has scheduled the next call for the Financial Data Transparency Act Working Group for Monday September 23 at 2 pm ET. The Working Group will continue its discussion of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published by the SEC and other financial regulators.

FIF has scheduled the next call for the Tax Information Reporting Working Group for Tuesday September 24 at 3 pm ET. Stevie Conlon and other representatives from Wolters Kluwer will discuss the new draft Form 1099-DA for digital assets.

An FIF member would like to discuss whether FINRA could develop a technology-focused examination for technology professionals who require the Operations Professional registration as an alternative to the current Series 99 examination, which is operations focused. FIF created a sub-group for this topic and hosted a call in August. FIF has scheduled the next call for this sub-group for Thursday September 26 at 1 pm ET. If you are interested in participating in this discussion and are not a member of this sub-group, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need...