FIF is pleased to announce our first ever Boston event. The live, in-person event will take place on September 2nd from 5-8 pm ET at the Fidelity Investments offices. The event will be co-sponsored by Fidelity Capital Markets and LeveL Markets. The first panel will be titled: Equities, Options, Fixed Income, Technology, and Data in an Atkins Administration. The moderator of this panel will be Ashley Banfield of Fidelity Investments. The panelists for the first panel will be: Steve Miele of LeveL Markets, Adam Nunes of Hudson River Trading, and Joseph Torpey of State...

The next call for the 24x7 Trading Working Group will be on Monday August 4 at 2 pm ET. The Working Group will discuss a revised draft FIF letter to the SEC relating to the planned expansion of exchange trading hours for US equities. If you are interested in participating in this discussion and are not a member of this Working Group, please update your FIF profile to add this Working Group or send a note to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The next call for the SLATE Working Group will be on Tuesday August 5 at 11 am ET. The Working Group will discuss issues and questions from FIF members and a draft FIF letter to the SEC and FINRA relating to the implementation of SLATE reporting.

FIF has scheduled a joint call for the TRF / ORF Working Group and the 24x7 Trading Working Group for Tuesday August 5 at 2 pm ET. The Working Groups will discuss a revised draft of an FIF comment letter on the recent rule change by FINRA to expand the hours of operation of the TRFs.

FIF has scheduled a call for the CAT Transaction Reporting Working Group for Wednesday August 6 at 2 pm ET. The Working Group will continue its discussion of potential amendments to SEC Rule 613 and the CAT NMS Plan to reduce CAT costs.   

The CAT Monthly Update Working Group call for August will be on Thursday August 7 at 2 pm ET. The Working Group will review guidance and updates from the CAT Plan Participants and FINRA CAT on CAT Transaction Reporting, CAT CAIS and CAT billing during the prior month. The Working Group will also review the current areas of focus for FIF members and the current open issues for CAT Transaction Reporting, CAT CAIS reporting and CAT billing.

FIF has scheduled a call for the Digital Asset Securities Working Group for Tuesday August 12 at 1 pm ET. The Working Group will review and discuss an FIF presentation on the GENIUS Act, which provides for the registration and regulation of payment stablecoin issuers. If you are interested in participating in this discussion and are not a member of this Working Group, please update your FIF profile to add this Working Group or send a note to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

FIF has scheduled a joint call for the Rule 605 and Rule 606 Working Groups for Tuesday August 12 at 2 pm ET. The Working Groups will discuss the first draft of an FIF letter requesting an extension of the current implementation date for the Rule 605 amendments. 

FIF has scheduled the next call for the CAIS Working Group for Wednesday August 13 at 11 am ET. The Working Group will discuss the first draft of an FIF comment letter to the SEC requesting (i) that the SEC terminate the requirements of the large trader rule relating to unidentified large traders, and (ii) the removal of historical CAIS rejections and Material Inconsistencies relating to data elements that will no longer be reportable to CAIS.