In a prepared statement for a Foreign Relations Subcommittee, GAO Director of International Affairs Trade Kimberly Gianopoulos described recent company disclosures regarding conflict minerals related requirements under the Dodd-Frank Act.

A registered broker dealer agreed to settle SEC charges alleging that the firm and several of its officers violated antifraud statutes by underwriting "a series of fraudulent conduit bond offerings" in order to raise money for certain "healthcare-related projects."

CFTC Commissioner Sharon Y. Bowen outlined ways in which global regulators might harmonize the regulation of market data, enforcement and clearing.

Twelve Democratic Senators urged the SEC to re-issue a new anti-corruption rule to implementing provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act "consistent with both Congressional intent and the extractive industry transparency laws in effect in thirty other countries."

SEC Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Unit Chief Kara Novaco Brockmeyer will leave the agency.