The merger of Exegy Incorporated and Vela Trading Systems announced in May, has produced leadership changes in the company which announced additions to its Integration Management team including the appointment of David Foster to the leadership team as Chief Financial Officer. In addition, to provide both near- and long-term consistency in the critical role of the Chief Integration Officer, and to help shape the ongoing responsibilities and growth objectives of the integration office well into the future, Krista Steward has been named to the position of Chief Integration Officer.

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aequitas Innovations, Inc., more commonly known as NEO, a fintech organization that comprises of a fully registered Tier-1 Canadian securities exchange with a diverse product and services set ranging from corporate listings to cash equity trading. Ownership of NEO will help allow Cboe to provide a more fulsome Canadian equities offering, operating the NEO Exchange, a national securities exchange with trading, listings and other services, in addition to MATCHNow, the alternative trading system...

Charles River Development, a State Street Company, announced it has completed the integration of MTS BondsPro, an SEC-registered Alternative Trading System (ATS), with the Charles River Order and Execution Management System (OEMS) and Inventory Hub. The Inventory Hub processes and aggregates inventory across a number of the largest dealers and liquidity venues. It offers users a centralized point to receive and interact with live data across a full range of products and asset classes. MTS BondsPro offers streaming and fully executable liquidity on corporate bonds across the full credit...

Last week on November 11th, FIF hosted it's seventh webinar on the Market Data Infrastrucutre Rule. Tom Jordan, FIF Advisory Chair and Manisha Kimmel, Chief Policy Officer at MayStreet discussed the November 5th filing of the Plan Amendment by the SRO’s. The agenda included a summary of the amendment, status of governance changes,  potential next steps and audience questions. Any FIF Members who missed the webinar and would like a recording, please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

On Wednesday, November 17 at 4pm ET, FIF will host a webinar on Trading Digital Assets. This webinar will provide practical guidance to retail and institutional brokers and market makers on trading digital assets, including connectivity to venues, custody of digital assets and determining which products can be traded and offered to customers. Viktor Grinberg will moderate the panel. Panel participants include: Alan Konevsky of tZERO, Mike Smith of IPC, Hongzhe Sun of Paxos, and Dave Weisberger of CoinRoutes. In order to attend this webinar, please register here. If you have any questions,...

FIF has scheduled its annual FIF CAT webinar for Thursday, December 9 at 4 pm ET. Panel participants include Shelly Bohlin of FINRA CAT and Jon Kroeper of FINRA. FIF will send out instructions on how to register later this week. If you have any questions, please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Please join us December 7 from 5:30-8:30pm ET for an in-person joint Holiday Party of FIF and FISD Members. This event will be strictly social and there will be no FIF panel discussion, therefore, there will be a $50 charge for all of those interested in attending. The event will take place at Tavern 29 in midtown Manhattan. This event is for FIF/FISD Members exclusively and there are only 95 spots available, so secure your spot today! FIF takes COVID-19 very seriously. In keeping with New York City’s “Key to NYC Pass”, the venue will require attendees to provide proof...

On Thursday, November 18 at 3pm ET, the FIF Tax Information Reporting Working Group will meet for a spotlight presentation from Wolters Kluwer on SPAC tax issues. Stevie Conlon, Cynthia Lapins and Robert Schwaba will be the presenters. If you are not subscribed to this group and would like to listen in, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and FIF would be happy to forward you an invite.

The Rule 606 Working Group will meet on Tuesday, November 23 to continue its discussion of a draft comment letter on FINRA Regulatory Notice 21-35, “FINRA Requests Comment on Proposed Order Routing Disclosure Requirements for OTC Equity Securities and Potential Steps to Facilitate Investor Access to Current Order Routing Disclosures for NMS Securities.” The Working Group also will discuss supplemental information to be submitted to the SEC relating to options look-through.