U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin urged leaders in the financial services industry to develop cyber defenses predicated on a "common, risk-based" approach.

In a podcast on its regulatory activities in November 2016, FINRA summarized its latest notices, firm compliance information and investor education initiatives.

The SEC Division of Corporation Finance granted an exemption to an Israel-based corporation to allow it to extend the period of an issuer tender offer by four days. During this time, withdrawal rights will not be available to shareholders, as mandated by applicable Israeli law.

The FDIC and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System determined that a number of systemically important domestic banking institutions remedied the deficiencies in their 2015 resolution plans.

The SEC approved the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's 2017 budget and related annual accounting support fee.