FIF has scheduled two joint calls for the CAT Transaction Reporting and CAIS Working Groups for this week. The first call will be on Tuesday March 31 at 11 am ET and will focus on the SEC’s March 27 approval of the CAT cost reduction rule filing. The second call will be on Thursday April 2 at 11 am ET and will focus on the Reference Database Technical Specifications and related documentation published by FINRA CAT on March 27.

The next call for the Digital Asset Securities Working Group will be on Tuesday March 31 at 2 pm ET. Shawn Sloves, CEO of Fundamental Interactions, will present on the Clarity Act and distributed exchanges (DEXs). The Working Group will also discuss the SEC approval of the Nasdaq rule filing relating to tokenized securities and the SEC Interpretive Guidance on the application of the securities laws for crypto assets. 

The CAT Monthly Update Working Group call for April will be on Thursday April 2 at 2 pm ET. The Working Group will review guidance and updates from the CAT Plan Participants 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.

On Wednesday April 8 at 11 am ET, FIF will host a webinar for the Compliance and Surveillance Working Group on the Reg S-P amendments that took effect on December 3, 2025. Thoreau Bartmann and Jessica Cohn of the K&L Gates law firm will be the presenters for the webinar. If you would like to submit any questions for the presenters in advance of the webinar, please send them to fifinfo@fif.com; all questions will be presented anonymously. 

Note: Registration is now closed, all registrants should have a calendar invite with instructions. See you all tomorrow! FIF is excited to announce our first quarterly event of 2026, sponsored by OTC Markets. After opening remarks from Dan Zinn of OTC Markets, there will be two panels, one on Building Regulated U.S. Markets for Tokenized Securities and Digital Commodities, and the other panel focusing on exchange and other market developments, including expanded exchange trading hours, SIP odd lots and changes to minimum quoting increments. On the Tokenized Securities and Digital Commodities Panel, the moderator will be Shawn Sloves of Fundamental Interactions. The panelists will be Pat LaVecchia of Ondo Financial, Reid Noch of TD Securities and Jeff Mendl of OTC Markets. For the panel focusing on exchange and other market developments, including expanded exchange trading hours, SIP odd lots and changes to minimum quoting increments, the moderator will be Tom Jordan of Jordan & Jordan, and the panelists will be John Ramsay of IEX, Arnaud Derasse of Exegy and Mike Masone of Citi. The event will take place on Tuesday March 24th at OTC Markets' offices at 300 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10282. Registration in the lobby begins at 4pm ET, the speaking engagement will be from 5-6:30pm ET with refreshments and networking afterwards from 6:30-8pm ET. FIF would like to thank OTC 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.