The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released the Consumer Response Annual Report. The Report covered consumer complaints reported to the agency in 2016.

The Department of Labor issued a final rule delaying the applicability date of the DOL’s rule defining who is a fiduciary under ERISA and Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code in connection with the provision of investment advice and certain related prohibited transaction exemptions (including the Best Interest Contract Exemption and the Principal Transaction Exemption) by 60 days.

The CFTC Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight granted no-action relief to a university management company from certain commodity pool operator and commodity trading adviser registration requirements.

The SEC requested comments on MSRB-proposed draft amendments that would require municipal advisors to establish continuing education requirements for associated persons who qualified as municipal advisor representatives or municipal advisor principals.

The SEC adopted inflation adjustments and other technical amendments in order to implement certain requirements mandated by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups ("JOBS") Act.