The Data & Technology Committee will have its next call on Wednesday September 30 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 presenters will be John Ramsay and Chris Twomey of IEX, who will discuss the launch of the IEX Options exchange facility.

FIF will be scheduling a call for the Digital Asset Securities Working Group to discuss the recent exemption from exchange and dealer registration granted by the SEC for Tokenized Securities Venues and Liquidity Providers in an AMM Liquidity Pool. FIF will announce the date and time shortly.

TRACE Working Group. The TRACE Working Group discussed FINRA Regulatory Notice 26-16 on expansion of the TRACE Affiliate – Principal Transaction Indicator. The Working Group discussed reporting of the Affiliate – Principal Transaction Indicator by Covered Depository Institutions, reporting where a back-to-back trade is canceled or not executed, and reporting for scenarios where a FINRA member executes back-to-back trades with a FINRA member affiliate and a non-member affiliate. The Working Group discussed the recent TRACE amendment relating to reporting by an entity that is jointly...

According to Markets Media, Clear Street, a financial infrastructure technology firm on a mission to give every sophisticated investor access to every asset in every market, announced that its UK business is now providing execution, clearing and financing in UK and European equities, following its admission as a General Clearing Member of the London Stock Exchange. Clear Street launched in the UK with FCA authorization in December 2024, and joined the London Metal Exchange as a Category 1 ring-dealing member in the same month as one of eight dealing members on the LME floor. 

According to Markets Media, IEX Group, Inc. announced the launch of a new, innovative vendor partnership program designed to expand access to direct IEX Exchange market data. The program will align incentives with the firms that power market data distribution, connectivity, infrastructure, and end-user applications, reflecting the continued growth of IEX’s equities business. The vendor partnership program creates a commercial framework that reinforces IEX’s commitment to delivering high-quality market data through a simple, transparent, and cost-effective model.

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FIF is excited to announce our annual Chicago event, sponsored by Cboe Global Markets. After opening remarks from Keith Petersen, VP of Market Data, there will be an equities panel and an options/futures panel. The equities panel will focus on topics such as Rule 611, Rule 605, CAT and overnight trading. The options/futures panel will focus on potential topics such as: extended hours trading in options, single stock futures, prediction markets, OPRA dynamic rebalance symbol distribution, crypto options and binary options. The equities panel will be moderated by Tom Jordan of Jordan &...

An FIF member would like to discuss with other members modernizing regulatory and industry password 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 these discussions.