On Thursday September 28 at 10 am ET, FINRA CAT will host a CAT Billing Industry Webinar. The webinar will be limited to the operational implementation of the CAT Reporter billing process.
POSTED Sep 25,2023
Tax Information Reporting Working Group
The next call for the FIF Tax Information Reporting Working Group will be on Thursday September 28 at 3 pm ET. The spotlight presenter will be Neil Bromberg of EY, who will discuss Automation and AI in Tax Operations. FIF has also invited the members of the FIF Emerging Technologies Working Group for this call. If you would like to participate on this call and are not a member of either of these Working Groups, please update your FIF profile or contact fifinfo@fif.com.
POSTED Sep 25,2023
FIF Chicago Event
Our Annual Chicago Event hosted by Cboe Global Markets will be taking place on Monday October 30. Registration in the lobby begins at 3 pm CT, the speaking engagement will be from 4-5:30 pm CT with refreshments and networking afterwards from 5:30-7 pm CT. The panel topics and speakers will be announced in the coming weeks, please register here. FIF would like to thank Cboe Global Markets for sponsoring this event. If you have any questions, please contact fifinfo@fif.com.
POSTED Sep 18,2023
FIF Submits Comment Letter to SEC on CAT Revised Linkage Timeline Proposal
On September 15 FIF submitted a comment letter to the SEC in response to the Revised Linkage Timeline proposal filed by the CAT Plan Participants. FIF would like to thank the participants of the FIF CAT Transaction Reporting Working Group for their contributions in the drafting of this comment letter.
POSTED Sep 18,2023
Revised Schedule for FIF CAT Calls for this Week
FIF will host two calls this week for the CAT Transaction Reporting Working Group. The first call will be on Tuesday September 19 at 2 pm ET. During this call, FIF members will discuss the SEC’s September 6 Order approving the Executed Share Model for CAT funding, including current status and next steps. FIF members also will discuss a draft presentation to FINRA requesting that FINRA provide additional data to facilitate reconciliation of Section 31 fees. The second call will be on Wednesday September 20 at 2 pm ET. During this call, the Working Group will discuss issues and questions from FIF members, a recent note from FINRA CAT relating to clock synchronization, recent updates to the CAT FAQs, and draft FIF member comments and questions for FINRA CAT.
POSTED Sep 18,2023