The Financial Information Forum (FIF) announces the launch of a CAT Counterparty Contact Utility, a secure central repository of CAT counterparty contact information.  Upon request and approval, brokers will be permitted to access the Utility to obtain the contact information of counterparties on an accelerated basis. The Utility will facilitate compliance with the CAT requirement that obligates brokers to repair interfirm linkage errors by T+3 (trading day of the event (T) + three trading days).  Access to the Utility will be made available to all CAT reporting brokers,...

FIX Trading will be hosting a webinar focused upon the proliferation of digital assets from the institutional perspective.  This webinar will be free for FIF Members.  To register for the webinar, please click here. 

S3, a leading provider of all-in-one compliance solutions, announced that they have been certified by FINRA CAT LLC as an authorized CAT Reporting Agent. This further allows S3 clients to have correctly formatted and accurate CAT reports automatically produced over S3’s RegTech platform. Read more here.

  FIF Business Continuity Planning Committee - Given the implementaiton of BCP procedures over the past month in response to the global pandemic, FIF brought this group together to dicuss the shared experiences amongst member firms on topics such as employee dislocation and operational and technology challenges faced by firms. FIF also discussed the efficacy of FINRA Rule 4370 and other rules associated with BCP and Disaster Recovery.  FIF Tax Information Reporting Working Group - After the rush of Tax season, this group met to discuss the SECURE Act and the CARES Act....

Nasdaq has entered into a long-term, non-exclusive, collaboration agreement with enterprise software firm, R3. As part of this co-operation, Nasdaq’s Market Technology business will leverage R3’s enterprise blockchain software Corda, along with professional services and support in building full lifecycle solutions for digital assets marketplaces. By tapping Corda Enterprise, Nasdaq can bolster its broader platform and partnership strategy in order to support new institutional-grade assets utilizing Corda Enterprise to manage the asset lifecycle for new and existing market infrastructure...

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is looking to help blue-chip companies untether trillions of dollars locked up in corporate supply chains globally through a new technology partnership, according to a story in Bloomberg. The bank is working with Taulia Inc., a platform that provides working capital solutions, to redistribute liquidity to smaller suppliers of large, investment-grade companies. The multinational firms will have the option to pay suppliers earlier with their own cash or lean on JPMorgan’s balance sheet to keep money flowing through the network of providers. 

The Intercontinental Exchange announced the launch of ICE Select, an application that provides connectivity to the entire ICE Fixed Income ecosystem, including the ICE Bonds execution platforms and ICE Data Services evaluated pricing and analytics. ICE Select has also been integrated with leading order management systems, enabling further integration into important trade desk workflow. ICE Select offers connectivity to liquidity across all of ICE Bonds’ execution platforms, including ICE BondPoint, ICE TMC and ICE Credit Trade. Together, these platforms offer trading for Corporates,...

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