TRACE / RTRS Working Group

The next call for the TRACE / RTRS Working Group will be on Tuesday May 5 at 3 pm ET. The Working Group will discuss (i) a recent call with the MSRB relating to direct reporting of munis, (ii) a recent rule filing by FINRA to expand the TRACE affiliate indicator to cover transactions with affiliated broker-dealers, and (iii) reporting of the Series (.S) modifier.

POSTED May 04,2026

Regulatory Implementations Calendar

FIF has scheduled a joint call for the SEC FINRA Regulations Working Group and the Compliance and Surveillance Working Group for Wednesday May 6 at 11 am ET. The Workings Groups will review an updated Regulatory Implementations Presentation and Calendar, including updates on the following topics: Reg NMS minimum quote increments and access fee caps; expansion of exchange trading hours; TRF extended hours; Section 31 fees; FINRA margin rule amendments; Consolidated Audit Trail; Rule 605 amendments; new equity and options exchanges and new clearing agencies; OPRA Dynamic Load Rebalancing; FICC cross-margining with CME; TRACE reporting; tokenized securities and Trump accounts.

POSTED May 04,2026

CAT Monthly Update Working Group Call

The CAT Monthly Update Working Group call for May will be on Thursday May 7 at 2 pm ET. The Working Group will review guidance and updates from CAT LLC and FINRA CAT during the prior month. The Working Group will also review the current areas of focus for FIF members and the current open issues relating to CAT reporting.

POSTED May 04,2026

FINRA Margin Rule Amendments; FINRA Proposed Amendments to Short Interest Reporting

FIF has scheduled a joint call for the Short Sales / Reg SHO / Short Reporting Working Group and the Compliance and Surveillance Working Group for Monday May 11 at 2 pm ET. The Working Groups will discuss (i) the SEC’s approval of amendments to FINRA’s margin rules (FINRA Rule 4210), (ii) the rule filing by FINRA to amend Short Interest Reporting (FINRA Rule 4560; proposed FINRA Rule 4321). 

POSTED May 04,2026

FIF Webinar on Electronic Communications Compliance

FIF has scheduled a webinar on Electronic Communications Compliance for Tuesday May 19 at 2 pm ET. The moderator for the webinar will be Holly Dito of Daiwa. The panelists will be Meredith Abrams of the Simpson Thacher law firm, Thoreau Bartmann of the K&L Gates law firm, Rajni Chidambaram of Interactive Brokers, and Donald McElligott of Global Relay. FIF has invited the members of the Compliance and Surveillance Working Group for this webinar. If you would like to submit any questions for the webinar to be raised anonymously, please send them to fifinfo@fif.com.

POSTED May 04,2026

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