The SEC Division of Corporation Finance permitted Rowan Companies plc to file a definitive proxy statement without filing a preliminary proxy statement for certain routine matters requiring a shareholder vote at an annual meeting under the laws of England and Wales.

FINRA proposed implementing "an anonymous, grouped masking methodology for over-the-counter activity in connection with website data publication of Appendix B data pursuant to the Regulation NMS Plan to Implement a Tick Size Pilot Program."

In an interview with Risk Desk editor John R. Sodergreen, former ICE eConfirm Chief Bruce Tupper and former CFTC attorney Peter Kavounas describe the launch of TransVix, a trucking futures and options exchange.

The NFA permanently barred from membership a commodity trading advisory for failing to submit to an examination by the Business Conduct Committee.

The SEC granted limited exemptive relief to numerous exchanges from the National Market System Plan governing the Consolidated Audit Trail clock synchronization compliance deadline.