FINRA adopted amendments to Membership Application Program rules to incentivize the timely payment of arbitration awards.

NFA proposed a definition of the term "Swap Execution Facility" and certain other technical amendments to NFA Rules and Interpretive Notices .

NFA proposed several amendments to rules governing the Business Conduct Committee disciplinary process.

The SEC amendments to facilitate the implementation of the Consolidated Audit Trail and impose public transparency and financial accountability requirements were published in the Federal Register.

FINRA issued a request for comment on security-based swap activities and how FINRA rules might apply to those activities.