CAT Transaction Reporting and CAT Reference Database Working Groups

FIF has scheduled a joint call for the CAT Transaction Reporting and CAT Reference Database Working Groups for Wednesday July 29 at 2 pm ET. The Working Groups will discuss a proposal from FINRA CAT for changes to the tradingSession field in connection with the expansion of exchange trading hours to 23x5.

POSTED Jul 27,2026

FIF Webinar on Trade Surveillance

FIF has scheduled a webinar on Trade Surveillance for Thursday July 30 at 4 pm ET. The moderator for the webinar is Scott Trilling of Fidelity. The panelists are Ben Calev of BXS, Mark Davies of S3, Chris Montagnino of Jordan & Jordan, and Ted Karn of The Karn Group. The panel will discuss evolving uses of AI in trade surveillance and other recent developments in trade surveillance. 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 Jul 27,2026

Front Office Committee

The Front Office Committee will have its next call on Monday July 20 at 11 am ET to review applicable updates and notices from the SEC, FINRA, FINRA CAT and the equity and option exchanges.

POSTED Jul 20,2026

24x7 Trading Working Group

FIF has scheduled two calls for this week for the 24x7 Trading Working Group. The first call will be on Monday July 20 at 2 pm ET; the second call will be on Thursday July 23 at 11 am ET. During the Monday call, the Working Group will discuss a draft FIF comment letter on the FINRA rule filing to extend the TRF hours of operation. During the Thursday call, the Working Group will discuss issues and questions from FIF members, rule filing updates, and technical updates relating to the planned expansion of exchange trading hours.

POSTED Jul 20,2026

Order Protection Rule

FIF has scheduled two calls for this week for the Equity Market Regulations Working Group to continue discussion of a draft FIF comment letter in response to the SEC rule proposal to rescind Rules 611 (the order protection rule) and 610(e) (locking or crossing quotations). The first call is scheduled for Tuesday July 21 at 2 pm ET; the second call is scheduled for Thursday July 23 at 1 pm ET.

POSTED Jul 20,2026

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