NFA amendments to swap dealer compliance rules on trade execution requirements will go into effect on September 30, 2021.

The Managed Funds Association urged the European Commission to amend the Securitisation Regulation ("SECR") so that non-EU alternative investment funds managers do not have to comply with the due diligence obligations under SECR where they market alternative investment funds to EU investors.

The SEC Division of Corporation Finance granted conditional no-action relief to three exchange-traded funds from requirements prohibiting purchases outside of a tender offer.

The SEC denied a joint application by several exchanges to stay the effect of an SEC order authorizing the implementation of the National Market System plan on consolidated equity market data.

The House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy considered testimony on lessons learned from emergency lending facilities set up by the Federal Reserve Board during the pandemic.