FIF has scheduled two calls this week for the SLATE Working Group: the first call will be on Wednesday November 5 at 11 am ET; the second call will be on Thursday November 6 at 11 am ET. The Working Group will continue its discussion of a draft letter to FINRA relating to SLATE implementation. 

The CAT Monthly Update Working Group call for November will be on Thursday November 6 at 2 pm ET. The Working Group will review guidance and updates from the CAT Plan Participants and FINRA CAT on CAT Transaction Reporting, CAT CAIS and CAT billing during the prior month. The Working Group will also review the current areas of focus for FIF members and the current open issues for CAT Transaction Reporting, CAT CAIS and CAT billing.

FIF has scheduled a joint call for the CAT Transaction Reporting and CAIS Working Groups for Wednesday November 12 at 2 pm ET. The Working Groups will continue the discussion of issues relating to CAT Transaction Reporting, CAT CAIS and CAT billing.

Craig Donohue, chief executive of Cboe Global Markets, took on his role in May this year and has completed a review of the derivatives and securities markets operator. The new strategy includes initiating a sales process for Cboe Australia and Cboe Canada according to a story in MarketsMedia news, discontinuing U.S. and European corporate listings efforts and reducing costs related to U.S. and European ETP listings businesses, Cboe Europe Derivatives and several of Cboe’s smaller risk and market analytics businesses. Donohue said that although the Australian and Canadian equities businesses are performing well, they fall outside Cboe’s core focus and strategy. “We see tremendous opportunities across index and multi-list options, futures, US and European equities, foreign exchange and Data Vantage,” he added. “In leveraging these core areas of strength for Cboe and the strong secular growth trends supporting them, we believe we are well positioned to fully capture their growth and earnings potential as we strengthen our competitive position.” Possibilities for continued investment include adding scale in derivatives, prediction markets, retail-oriented digital asset and crypto products, clearing capabilities in Europe and the U.S. and developing onchain capabilities as the industry migrates toward atomized settlement capabilities and extension of traditional trading hours.

FIF is pleased to welcome Velocity Clearing to the FIF Community