Short Interest Reporting

FIF has scheduled the next call for the Short Sales / Reg SHO / Short Reporting Working Group for Thursday May 1 at 11 am ET. The Working Group will review a revised draft comment letter to FINRA to recommend changes to short interest reporting. The comment letter is in response to FINRA Regulatory Notice 25-04 (FINRA Launches Broad Review to Modernize Rules Regarding Member Firms and Associated Persons).

POSTED Apr 28,2025

Direct Reporting to the MSRB RTRS

FIF has created a subgroup to discuss direct reporting of muni trades to the MSRB. FIF has scheduled a call for this subgroup for Thursday May 1 at 1 pm ET. The subgroup will review a draft letter to the MSRB recommending that firms have the option to report trades directly to the MSRB RTRS as opposed to reporting trades through the RTTM trade-matching system operated by FICC. If you are interested in participating in this discussion and have not yet registered for this subgroup, please send a note to fifinfo@fif.com, and we will include you on this call.

POSTED Apr 28,2025

CAT Monthly Update Working Group

The CAT Monthly Update Working Group call for May will be on Thursday May 1 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.

POSTED Apr 28,2025

Securities Lending Transparency (SLATE) Working Group

FIF has scheduled three calls for this week for the SLATE Working Group. The first call will be on Monday April 21 at 11 am ET; the second call will be on Wednesday April 23 at 10 am ET; and the third call will be on Thursday April 24 at 11 am ET. The Working Group will continue its discussion of a draft letter to the SEC and FINRA relating to the implementation of SLATE reporting.

POSTED Apr 21,2025

Direct Reporting to the MSRB RTRS

An FIF member has scheduled a call for Monday April 21 at 12 pm ET to discuss direct reporting to the MSRB RTRS reporting system. If you are interested in participating in this discussion and have not yet registered for this subgroup, please send a note to fifinfo@fif.com, and we will include you on this call.

POSTED Apr 21,2025

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