The SEC staff provided no-action relief to security-based swap dealers from certain financial reporting requirements.
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The Financial Action Task Force updated its "Virtual Assets and Virtual Asset Service Providers" guidance for national authorities and private entities on money laundering and terrorist financing concerns arising from virtual asset activities.
The SEC published in the Federal Register an MSRB proposal to extend until June 30, 2022, relief permitting remote internal inspections for calendar year 2022. The MSRB proposal is immediately effective with an operative date of January 1, 2022.
SEC Commissioners Allison Herren Lee and Caroline A. Crenshaw urged continued careful monitoring of the security-based swap regulatory regime.
SEC Commissioner Elad L. Roisman described potential SEC rulemakings on cybersecurity, and offered additional measures to prevent cyberattacks that issuers might consider, even in the absence of regulatory action.