On July 10, 2017, FINRA member firms must begin reporting transactions in U.S. Treasury Securities to FINRA via the Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE). To assist firms with this initiative, FINRA's Transparency Services department is hosting a series of free phone-in workshops. The first one—featuring an overview and a discussion of relevant rules and regulations—is scheduled for Thursday, January 26 at 2:00 PM ET.

Register here: http://www.finra.org/industry/phone-workshop-trace-reporting-transactions-us-treasury-securities 

If you have any inquiries about this event, please don't hesitate to contact us at fifinfo@fif.com 

As a new year begins, it’s a great time to review your FIF account and make sure you’re signed up for all the benefits you’re interested in. If it’s been a while since you first registered with us, you may not be privy to some of the new initiatives you can be a part of. Please reference this document and log on to change your subscription settings today. You may also message us at fifinfo@fif.com with your subscription requests and we can take care of it for you.

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FIF will be holding an ATS working group meeting on Friday, January 13^th at 10:00 am with FINRA to discuss implementation issues related to the inclusion of sequencing numbers pursuant to FINRA Rule 4554.

FIF announced at its year end event and December Committee meetings that it would be renaming the FIF Market Data Technology Committee to the FIF “Data and Technology” Committee beginning in 2017.  The change in no way diminishes the current FIF processing and reporting of market data analytics along with capacity planning support provided today. It instead broadens the overall committee scope and focus to examine growing trends in data and technology, including the hosting of relevant spotlight topics and additional member seminars on technology-related topics. The Committee charter expansion came as a result of feedback and discussions with FIF members, and is meant to further enhance the value of FIF membership for firms with specific interests in financial services technology, products and services.