FIF is excited to announce our first quarterly event of 2026, sponsored by OTC Markets. After opening remarks from OTC Markets, there will be two panels, one on Building Regulated U.S. Markets for Tokenized Securities and Digital Commodities, and the other panel focusing on exchange and other market developments, including expanded exchange trading hours, SIP odd lots and changes to minimum quoting increments. On the Tokenized Securities and Digital Commodities Panel, the panelists will be Shawn Sloves of Fundamental Interactions, Reid Noch of TD Securities and a panelist from OTC Markets. For the panel focusing on exchange and other market developments, including expanded exchange trading hours, SIP odd lots and changes to minimum quoting increments, the moderator will be Tom Jordan of Jordan & Jordan, and the panelists will be John Ramsay of IEX, Arnaud Derasse of Exegy and Mike Masone of Citi. The event will take place on Tuesday March 24th at OTC Markets' offices at 300 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10282. Registration in the lobby begins at 4pm ET, the speaking engagement will be from 5-6:30pm ET with refreshments and networking afterwards from 6:30-8pm ET. FIF would like to thank OTC Markets for sponsoring this event. FIF Members may register for free here (sign in the site first, then register), non-members who are interested in attending may contact the program office at fifinfo@fif.com. 

At the request of an FIF member, FIF has created a new Trump Accounts Working Group. This Working Group will provide a forum for FIF members to discuss technical and operational issues relating to the creation and maintenance of Trump Accounts, including the account transfer process. FIF hosted the first call for this Working Group on February 26. The next call will be on Monday March 9 at 1 pm ET. If you would like to participate in these discussions, please update your FIF profile or send a note to fifinfo@fif.com.

An FIF member would like to discuss issues relating to Form 13F reporting. If you are interested in this topic, please send a note to fifinfo@fif.com, and we will include you in this discussion.

FIF has scheduled two joint calls for the CAT Transaction Reporting and CAIS Working Groups for this week. The first call will be on Monday March 2 at 1 pm ET; the second call will be on Wednesday March 4 at 2 pm ET. The Working Groups will continue their discussion of proposals to reduce CAT costs, the removal of PII from CAIS, and required CAT reporting changes to conform to the expansion of exchange trading hours. 

The Rule 605 Working Group will have its next call on Monday March 2 at 3 pm ET. The Working Group will continue its discussion of a draft letter to the SEC relating to implementation of the Rule 605 amendments, including reporting for different order types and orders with different characteristics.