Chainlink announced a collaboration with Fidelity International and Sygnum to bring Net Asset Value (NAV) data onchain according to a story in Markets Media news. In this landmark production use case for tokenized assets, the collaboration provides transparency and accessibility around key asset data for Sygnum’s recently issued onchain representation of Fidelity International’s $6.9 billion Institutional Liquidity Fund. Sygnum, a global digital asset banking group, tokenized $50 million of Matter Labs’ company treasury reserves. The reserves are held in Fidelity...
FIF Submits Letter to the SEC on the Implementation of the SEC’s Amendments to Rule 605
On June 24, FIF submitted a letter to the SEC relating to implementation of the SEC’s amendments to Rule 605. FIF would like to thank the members of the Rule 605 Working Group for their contributions in the drafting of this letter.
FIF Submits Letter to the SEC on the Implementation of Short Position Reporting
On June 24, FIF submitted a letter to the SEC relating to implementation of the SEC’s short position and short activity reporting rule. 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 letter.
Securities Lending Transparency Working Group
FIF has scheduled a call for the Securities Lending Transparency Working Group for Monday July 1 at 1 pm ET. The Working Group will continue its review and discussion of the SLATE Participant Specification published by FINRA.
CFTC Amendments to Large Trader Reporting Requirements
FIF has scheduled the next call for the CFTC Larger Trader Reporting subgroup for Tuesday July 2 at 11 am ET. The subgroup will continue its review and discussion of the CFTC’s recent amendments to the CFTC Large Trader Reporting requirements and the Part 17 Guidebook published by the CFTC. If you are interested in this topic 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 include you in this discussion.
FIF CAT Transaction Reporting Working Group
FIF has scheduled a call for the CAT Transaction Reporting Working Group for Tuesday July 2 at 1 pm ET. During this call, the Working Group will review changes to the draft FIF request for exemptive relief relating to linkage of representative orders and IDQS quotes to customer orders and linkage of order fulfillments to representative and principal orders and IDQS quotes. The call will focus on the requested exemptive relief for IDQS scenarios. Because the markets close early on July 3, FIF has cancelled the regularly-scheduled Wednesday Transaction Reporting Working Group call for this week.
OFR Repo Reporting
FIF has scheduled a call for the OFR Repo Reporting Working Group for Tuesday July 9 at 11 am ET. The Working Group will review and discuss a draft supplemental letter to the Treasury Department’s Office of Financial Research relating to implementation of the new requirement to report non-centrally cleared bilateral repos. The Working Group will also review and discuss a draft cross-border matrix.
FIF CAT CAIS Working Group
FIF has cancelled the CAIS Working Group call for this week. The next CAIS Working Group call will be on Wednesday July 10 at 11 am ET.
FIF CAT Monthly Update Working Group
Because of the July 4 holiday, the CAT Monthly Working Group call for July has been scheduled for Thursday July 11 at 2 pm ET.