FIF is excited to announce our annual Chicago event, sponsored by Cboe Global Markets. After opening remarks from Kevin Carrai of Cboe, there will be two panels, one focusing on regulation and compliance, and the other focusing on trading technology. FIF Advisory Chair, Tom Jordan, will moderate both panels. The regulation and compliance panel will feature Gregg Berman of Citadel, Angela Lucas of Simplex, and Nicole Pursley of Cboe Global Markets. The trading technology panel will feature Mike Smith of IPC, Raymond Tsui of SS&C Eze, and Jeff Wells of Cboe Global Markets. After the first panel, Henry Schwartz of Cboe will provide an update on the state of the options market. The event will take place on October 30 at Cboe's offices at 433 West Van Buren Street, Chicago, IL 60607. Registration in the lobby begins at 2 pm CT. The speaking engagement will be from 3-4:30 pm CT, with refreshments and networking afterwards from 4:30-6 pm CT. FIF would like to thank Cboe Global Markets for sponsoring this event. Please register here to secure your spot. FIF events are free to attend for FIF Members. If you have any questions, please contact fifinfo@fif.com.

On October 16, FIF submitted a letter to FINRA requesting written confirmation that an ATS’s use of the TRACE ATS exemption would not impact which party is responsible for payment of the Trading Activity Fee.

On Monday October 23 at 2 pm ET, Ignacio Sandoval of the Morgan Lewis law firm will review the SEC’s recent adoption of a rule to require Reporting of Securities Loans. FIF has invited members of the FIF Securities Lending Transparency Working Group to participate on this call. If you would like to participate on this call and are not a member of this Working Group, please update your FIF profile or send a note to fifinfo@fif.com.

FIF has scheduled the next call for the FIF Rule 606 Working Group for Monday October 23 at 3:30 pm ET. This will be a ½ hour call and will focus on questions submitted by FIF members relating to Rule 606.

FIF has scheduled a call for the CAT Transaction Reporting Working Group for Tuesday October 24 at 10 am to discuss a draft FIF presentation to FINRA requesting that FINRA provide additional data to industry members to assist industry members in reconciling Section 31 fees. This presentation was prepared based on discussions with an FIF sub-group focused on Section 31. FIF is providing an opportunity for members of the FIF CAT Transaction Reporting Working to provide any input on the draft presentation.