Order Protection Rule

FIF has scheduled a call for the Equity Market Regulations Working Group for Monday August 17 at 3 pm ET. The Working Group will discuss final proposed changes to the FIF comment letter on the SEC rule proposal to rescind the order protection rule and the Reg NMS provisions relating to locking and crossing of quotations.

POSTED Aug 17,2026

Back Office Committee

The Back Office Committee will have its next call on Tuesday August 18 at 11 am ET to review applicable FICC, DTC, NSCC, SEC, MSRB, OCC and FINRA updates during the past month.

POSTED Aug 17,2026

FINRA Best Execution Regulatory Notice

FIF has scheduled a call for the Equity Market Regulations Working Group for Tuesday August 18 at 2 pm ET to discuss FINRA Regulatory Notice 26-15 on modernizing FINRA’s best execution guidance.

POSTED Aug 17,2026

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 August 19 at 2 pm ET. The Working Groups will discuss a revised draft FIF letter to CAT LLC, FINRA and FINRA CAT relating to changes to reporting of the tradingSession field in connection with the planned expansion of exchange trading hours. The Working Groups will also discuss recent documentation updates from FINRA CAT.

POSTED Aug 17,2026

Order Protection Rule

FIF has scheduled three 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 Wednesday August 12 at 11 am ET; the second call is scheduled for Thursday August 13 at 1 pm ET; the third call is scheduled for Friday August 14 at 11 am ET.

POSTED Aug 10,2026

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