FIF has scheduled two calls this week for the OFR Repo Reporting Working Group. The first call will be on Monday September 9 at 11 am ET; the second call will be on Wednesday September 11 at 10 am ET. The Working Group will review a draft FIF letter to the Treasury Department’s Office of Financial Research (the “OFR”) relating to reporting for bunched trades and allocations and reporting for subsidiaries. The Working Group will also continue its review and discussion of the FAQs recently published by the OFR and discuss issues and questions raised by FIF members.

FIF has created a new Working Group to discuss the recent joint rule proposal by the SEC and other financial regulatory agencies to implement the Financial Data Transparency Act. FIF has scheduled the first call for this Working Group for Monday September 9 at 1 pm ET. To join 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.. 

The next call for the Emerging Technologies Working Group will be on Tuesday September 10 at 10 am ET. As the spotlight topic, representatives from Lightbits will present on “Software-defined Storage for Databases, Real-time Analytics and AI.”

FIF has scheduled the next call for the Digital Asset Securities Working Group for Tuesday September 10 at 11 am ET. Shawn Sloves of Fundamental Interactions will continue his review of open issues for the broader adoption of trading in digital asset securities.

FIF has scheduled two calls this week for the CAT Transaction Reporting Working Group. The first call will be on Tuesday September 10 at 1 pm ET; the second call will be on Wednesday September 11 at 2 pm ET. FIF has cancelled the CAIS Working Group call for this week.

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...

FIF has scheduled a webinar on best execution for Monday October 7 at 3 pm ET. The moderator will be Chris Montagnino of Jordan & Jordan. The panelists will be from BXS, S3, The Karn Group and Trading Technologies. FIF has invited the members of the Compliance and Surveillance, Rule 605 and Rule 606 Working Groups to participate in this webinar.

OFR Repo Reporting Working Group. FIF hosted two calls this past week for the OFR Repo Reporting Working Group. During the first call, the Working Group reviewed and discussed the FAQs published by the OFR on August 30, including reporting for bunched trades and allocations and reporting for subsidiaries. During the second call, the Working Group discussed a draft FIF letter to the OFR relating to reporting for bunched trades and allocations and reporting for subsidiaries. FINRA Trade Reporting Notice on Fractional Share Transactions. FIF hosted a call for the Data and Technology...

IntelligentCross, a leading US equity trading venue, announced that it has hired Scott Kursman as Chief Compliance Officer. According to a story in Traders Magazine, Kursman was previously at Citi, where he served as Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer for Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., and Citibank, N.A. Swap Dealer. In his new role, Kursman will report to Roman Ginis, Founder and CEO of the parent company Imperative Execution, and will be responsible for overseeing all compliance matters for the broker dealer subsidiary, IntelligentCross.