The next call for the SLATE Working Group will be on Tuesday July 8 at 11 am ET. The Working Group will discuss issues and questions from FIF members relating to the implementation of SLATE reporting. The Working Group will also review a draft FIF letter to the SEC and FINRA relating to the implementation of SLATE reporting.

FIF has scheduled two joint calls for this week for the CAT CAIS, CAT Transaction Reporting and EBS Working Groups. The first call will be on Tuesday July 8 at 1 pm ET; the second call will be on Wednesday July 9 at 11 am ET. The Working Groups will discuss a revised draft FIF comment letter to the SEC on the removal of PII from CAT and the retirement of EBS.

FIF has scheduled a call for the CAT Transaction Reporting Working Group for Wednesday July 9 at 2 pm ET. The Working Group will discuss potential amendments to Rule 613 and the CAT NMS Plan.

The CAT Monthly Update Working Group call for July will be on Thursday July 10 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.

The Back Office Committee will have its next call on Tuesday July 15 at 11 am ET to review applicable FICC, DTC, NSCC, SEC, MSRB, OCC, IRS and FINRA updates during the past month.

The next call for the Rule 605 Working Group will be on Tuesday July 15 at 2 pm ET. The Working Group will discuss a draft FIF Fact Sheet prepared by an FIF member. 

FIF has scheduled a webinar on Trade Surveillance for Wednesday July 23 at 2 pm ET. The moderator for the panel will be Holly Dito of Daiwa. The panelists will be Ted Karn of The Karn Group, Derek Lacarrubba of the K&L Gates law firm, Chris Montagnino of Jordan and Jordan, and Jeremy Vest of S3. FIF has invited the members of the Compliance / Surveillance Working Group to participate on this call. If you have any topics or questions that you would like to submit anonymously for this webinar, please send them to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript...

SLATE Working Group. The SLATE Working Group discussed the June 27 updates to the SLATE Participant Specifications, including the requiredPctCollateral field, the securityIndicator and securityIdentifier fields, the delivery timeframes for outbound files, the updated error codes, and the file ingestion feedback. OFR Repo Reporting Working Group. The OFR Repo Reporting Working Group discussed the time for calculating the Securities Value at Inception. The Working Group discussed reporting for a scenario that involves substitution of securities with a different currency. The Working Group...

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