The FIF CAT Transaction Reporting Working Group call for this week will be on Tuesday October 10 at 1:30 pm ET. FIF will not have a CAIS call this week.

FIF has scheduled the next call for the TRACE Working Group for Tuesday October 10 at 2:30 pm ET. The Working Group will discuss (i) a draft letter to FINRA requesting confirmation that the TRACE ATS exemption does not impact TAF fees, and (ii) feedback from FIF members on the October 7 UAT testing for TRACE changes that go into production on November 6.

FIF has scheduled a call with the SEC staff for Tuesday October 10 at 4 pm ET to discuss the Form S-1 registration statement filed by Next Bridge Hydrocarbons to distribute subscription rights only to holders who register their Next Bridge common stock directly with the company's transfer agent. The Next Bridge filing, if approved by the SEC, would prohibit holders who want to participate in the offering from holding their shares through a broker or other intermediary. If you are interested in participating in this call, please send a note to This email address is being protected from...

FIF CAT Monthly Update Working Group Call. The CAT Monthly Update Working Group reviewed guidance and updates from the CAT Plan Participants and FINRA CAT on CAT Transaction Reporting and CAT CAIS reporting during the prior month. The Working Group also reviewed the current areas of focus for FIF members and the current open issues for CAT Transaction Reporting and CAT CAIS reporting. FIF CAT CAIS Working Group. The CAIS Working Group discussed prior guidance from FINRA CAT relating to the compliance date for validation of FDIDs submitted to the CAT Transaction Reporting systems against...

Veterans in Financial Markets (VFM) is hosting their next webinar on October 10th at 5pm ET. This webinar is designed to equip you with the tools, strategies, and knowledge you can use to begin the transition to the financial markets. Discover available education/training, facilitation resources, transition support services, and networking strategies. Moderated by Tom Jordan, Veteran and CEO of Jordan & Jordan this roundtable will be packed full of information for Veterans. Questions are welcome throughout the webinar. The event is open to all military veterans and their spouses...

Groupama Asset Management is set to expand its use of Virtu’s Triton Valor EMS to another asset class, now encompassing fixed income trading according to a story in The Trade news. The move comes off the back of continued electronification of the fixed income space, according to Eric Heleine, head of trading at Groupama AM, with the business’ workflow moving away from chat and telephone and as a result seeking a more centralised approach to execution management. Triton Valor supports trading across: Munis, MBSs, global corporate and sovereign bonds, fixed income ETFs, EM debt, futures and...

BNY Mellon Pershing’s new fixed income research, management and trading tool, BondWise, will help make fixed income workflows more efficient and could be used across the wider group according to a story in MarketsMedia news. On 12 September BNY Mellon Pershing announced the debut of BondWise on its NetX360+ platform to allow advisors to research and trade bonds and other fixed-income securities in real time. The tool was developed in collaboration with bondIT, a fintech that uses data science, artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to create tools for the fixed income...

Bloomberg has expanded the anonymous liquidity discovery capabilities of its all-to-all platform, Bloomberg Bridge, in a bid to help buy-side users reduce information leakage according to a story in The Trade news. The extension, named Bridge AXE, allows participants to anonymously post to other users of Bloomberg’s all-to-all platform, Bloomberg Bridge, to identify trading interests. Due to be rolled out in Q4, Bridge AXE will allow buy-side users to discreetly identify trading interests before going on to send an RFQ elsewhere within Bloomberg’s platform universe. Once live, it...

FIF is excited to announce our annual Chicago event, sponsored by Cboe Global Markets. After opening remarks from Catherine Clay, there will be two panels, one focusing on compliance, surveillance and regulation, and the other focusing on market data and technology. FIF Advisory Chair, Tom Jordan, will moderate both panels. The regulation panel will feature Nicole Pursley of Cboe Global Markets, along with additional panelists to be announced soon. The market data and technology panel will feature Jeff Wells of Cboe Global Markets, along with additional panelists to be announced soon. We...