The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") published its fifth Fair Lending Report, highlighting CFPB efforts to protect consumers from market abuses.

The CFTC Division of Clearing and Risk granted relief to a derivatives clearing organization from certain annual reporting requirements for audited financial statements.

The SEC granted a temporary exemption to "systemically important" and "complex" clearing agencies from certain requirements concerning the adoption of recovery and wind-down plans.

President Donald J. Trump signed a joint resolution nullifying a Department of Labor rule that created a "safe harbor" from ERISA regulations for local government-run retirement plans.

New SRO rule changes and proposals were announced by the SEC for the week of April 10 to April 14, 2017.