FIF has scheduled a call for the Tax Information Reporting Working Group for Thursday January 16 at 3:30 pm ET. Representatives from Wolters Kluwer will discuss Tax Reporting Considerations for Digital Asset ETFs.  

On Tuesday January 21 at 3 pm ET, FIF is hosting a webinar on Trading Risk Controls and Reg SCI. The moderator for the panel will be Erin Clemens of StoneX. The panelists will be William Barbera of the Schulte Roth law firm, Chris Boldt of Interactive Brokers, Jim Dolan of Kezar Trading, and Doug Craig of Fidessa. FIF has invited the members of the Compliance and Surveillance Working Group and the SEC Cyber, Reg SCI and Reg S-P Working Group to participate in this webinar.

FIF has scheduled the next call for the Cybersecurity Working Group for Thursday January 23 at 1 pm ET.  Matt Weinberg of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agenda (CISA) will provide an update on current threats to the financial industry. CISA is an agency of the US Department of Homeland Security. The Working Group will also review recent FINRA, NSA and FBI updates relating to cybersecurity.

FIF has created a new SEC Transition Working Group. This Working Group will discuss issues and recommendations for FIF to raise with the incoming SEC Chair during 2025. This Working Group will have its first call during January. If you would like to participate in this Working Group, please update your FIF profile or contact fifinfo@fif.com.

FIF also has created a new Fixed Income Regulations Working Group. If you would like to participate in this Working Group, please update your FIF profile or contact fifinfo@fif.com.

FIF has also made the following Working Group name changes (FIF members do not need to take any action to remain in these Working Groups):

• The TRACE / Fixed Income Working Group is now the TRACE / RTS Working Group
• The Securities Lending Transparency Working Group is now the Securities Lending Transparency (SLATE) Working Group
• The SEC Equity Market Proposals Working Group is now the Equity Market Regulations Working Group.

On December 20 FIF submitted a supplemental letter to the SEC relating to the prior FIF member request for an extension of the current implementation period for Form SHO. FIF would like to thank the members of the Short Sales / Reg SHO / Short Reporting Working Group for their contributions in the drafting of this letter.