Options Symbology - Standards - FIF Reviews Proposed Internal Options Identifiers

NEW YORK - The internal options identifier sub-committee of the Financial Information Forum (FIF), an industry body focused on the market and reference data industry, is reviewing identification code proposals from the Symbol Management Clearing Corporation (SMCC), Cusip and a user firm, officials tell Inside Reference Data.

In July, the committee will either recommend one of the proposed identifiers to be made the standard internal options identifier or recommend firms to create their own