The SEC and the National Bank of Belgium added an addendum to the "2001 Understanding regarding an Application of Euroclear Bank for an Exemption under U.S. Federal Securities Laws."

The SEC requested comments on a FINRA proposal that would implement an "anonymous, grouped masking methodology" in order to address confidentiality concerns regarding the publication of over-the-counter trading activity, as required by the Regulation NMS Plan Tick Size Pilot Program.

The SEC requested comments on a proposal that would require issuers of municipal securities to disclose two additional types of event notices to the MSRB following primary offerings.

The Office of Management and Budget found that (i) agencies' responses to cybersecurity threats are "not consistently implemented," and (ii) the loss or theft of government computers and physical storage media is the single biggest cybersecurity threat to federal agencies.

President Trump announced his intent to nominate J. Christopher Giancarlo as CFTC Chair.