FIF has scheduled the next call for the Rule 605 Working Group for Tuesday May 28 at 3 pm ET. The Working Group will continue its review and discussion of a draft FIF comment letter to the SEC relating to implementation of the changes to Rule 605 that the SEC adopted on March 6.

The Data and Technology Committee will have its next call on Wednesday May 29 at 10 am ET to review capacity, latency and volume data for the prior month for the equity, options, currency, crypto and futures markets. The spotlight presenter will be John Hiatt of Cboe Labs, who will discuss the Cboe Dispersion Index.  

FIF has scheduled a call for the Rule 606 Working Group for Wednesday May 29 at 1 pm ET. The Working Group will review and discuss updated documentation and guidance from FINRA relating to FINRA Rule 6151 (centralized reporting of Rule 606(a) reports). The Working Group will also discuss a draft FIF letter to FINRA relating to the required time periods for providing data pursuant to SEC Rule 606(b)(3).

FIF has scheduled a call for the OFR Repo Reporting Working Group for Thursday May 30 at 1 pm ET. The agenda for the call will be to continue the review and discussion of the documentation published by the Treasury Department’s Office of Financial Research (OFR) relating to reporting for repos that are executed bilaterally and not centrally-cleared (NCCBR repos). Time permitting, the Working Group will also review a draft letter to the OFR requesting guidance on various implementation questions and issues.

FIF has scheduled the next call for the FIF Short Sales / Reg SHO / Short Reporting Working Group for Thursday May 30 at 2 pm ET. The Working Group will continue its review and discussion of a draft FIF letter to the SEC requesting guidance on the implementation of SEC Rule 13f-2 on Short Position and Short Activity Reporting. The Working Group will also discuss issues and questions from FIF members relating to the implementation of Rule 13f-2.

FIF has scheduled a call for the FIF Securities Lending Transparency Working Group for Monday June 3 at 2 pm ET. Ignacio Sandoval of the Orrick law firm will complete his review of the FINRA rule filing for the SLATE reporting system. The Working Group will also review and discuss the Participant Specification for SLATE recently published by FINRA.

FIF has scheduled a call for the FIF Residential Supervisory Locations subgroup for Thursday June 6 at 11 am ET. The Working Group will discuss questions from FIF members in response to recent guidance published by FINRA and recent webinars hosted by FINRA relating to residential supervisory locations and the remote inspections pilot. If you would like to participate on this call and are not a member of the FIF Residential Supervisory Locations 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...

An FIF member would like to discuss the CFTC’s recent amendments to the CFTC Large Trader Reporting requirements. If you are interested in this topic, 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.

OFR Repo Reporting Working Group. The Working Group reviewed and discussed the documentation published by the Treasury Department’s Office of Financial Research (OFR) relating to reporting for repos that are executed bilaterally and not centrally-cleared (NCCBR repos). SEC Rule on Short Position and Short Activity Reporting. The FIF Short Sales / Reg SHO / Short Reporting Working Group continued its review and discussion of a draft FIF letter to the SEC on implementation issues relating to SEC Rule 13f-2. Rule 13f-2 requires the reporting of certain gross short positions and daily net...