FIF has scheduled two calls for this week for the 24x7 Trading Working Group. The first call will be on Monday June 1 at 2 pm ET; the second call will be on Wednesday June 3 at 11 am ET. The Working Group will discuss a recent rule filing by the LULD Plan. The Working Group will also continue its discussion of (i) recent updates from the CTA Plan relating to the planned expansion of exchange trading hours, (ii) issues and questions from FIF members, and (iii) a draft FIF letter to the SEC and FINRA on implementation issues relating to the planned expansion of exchange trading hours. 

FIF has scheduled three joint calls for the CAT Transaction Reporting and CAT Reference Database Working Groups for this week. The first call will be on Tuesday June 2 at 1 pm ET; the second call will be on Wednesday June 3 at 2 pm ET; the third call will be on Thursday June 4 at 11 am. The Working Groups will continue their discussion of a draft FIF comment letter on the CAT Concept Release.

FIF has scheduled a joint call for the Back Office Committee and the Fixed Income Regulations Working Group for Wednesday June 3 at 1 pm ET to discuss applicability of the trade submission requirement to various Treasury clearing workflows, including RVP/DVP, Trade Away and Step Out transactions.  

The CAT Monthly Update Working Group call for June will be on Thursday June 4 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.

FIF is excited to announce our next in-person event, sponsored by Daiwa Capital Markets, The Shift to 23/5: Convergence and Divergence in TradFi & Digital Asset Infrastructure.

After opening remarks from Chief Risk Officer, Ben Genek of Daiwa, there will be two panels, one on extended trading hours, TradeFi & the December 6th shift and the second will be on Digital Assets & Crypto – The Modern Blueprint. The event will take place on Wednesday June 17th at Daiwa Capital Markets' offices at 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 49th Floor, New York, NY 10020. Registration begins at 4:30 pm ET; the speaking engagement will be from 5-6:30 pm ET, with refreshments and networking afterwards from 6:30-8 pm ET. FIF would like to thank Daiwa Capital Markets for sponsoring this event. FIF Members may register for free here (sign in the site first, then register); non-members who are interested in attending may contact the program office at fifinfo@fif.com.