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 Street.

The second panel will be titled: Crypto and 24X Trading- How do Transparency, Quality & Controls Compare to Current Equity Market Structure? The moderator of this panel will be Tom Jordan of Jordan & Jordan. The panelists for the second panel will be: Terrence Dempsey of Fidelity Digital Assets, Venu Palaparthi of DriveWealth, and Jason Wallach of Bruce ATS. Space is limited, so secure your spot now by registering here.  

On July 24, the SEC published an exemptive order granting a six-month extension of the current exemptive relief on CAT representative order linkage (through January 31, 2026). The SEC granted the exemptive relief in response to a request by FIF on behalf of FIF members. During this upcoming six-month period, FIF members and FIF will continue to work with the SEC to achieve a long-term resolution of this issue. FIF would like to thank the CAT Transaction Reporting Working Group members for their contributions in obtaining this extension.

On July 21, FIF submitted a comment letter to the SEC in response to the SEC’s request for comment on the extension of the EBS reporting requirement. FIF would like to thank the members of the EBS Working Group for their contributions in the drafting of this comment letter.

The next call for the 24x7 Trading Working Group will be on Monday July 28 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 fifinfo@fif.com.

The next call for the SLATE Working Group will be on Tuesday July 29 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.