SEC Director of the Division of Trading and Markets Stephen Luparello, SEC Enforcement Division Chief Litigation Counsel Matthew C. Solomon and SEC Chief Accountant James Schnurr will leave the Commission by the first of the year.

House Committee on Agriculture Chair Michael Conaway (R-TX) recommended that CFTC Chair Timothy Massad "refrain from pushing through controversial regulations" for the remainder of his tenure.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a petition with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to review an October ruling that held the single director structure of the CFPB to be unconstitutional.

The CFTC Division of Market Oversight issued an extension of relief to certain CFTC-registered swap dealers and major swap participants that are established in Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan and Switzerland and that are not part of an affiliated group in which the ultimate parent entity is U.S.-based.

The SEC adopted rules to update and modernize the intrastate and regional offering framework.