The SEC approved a national market system plan for the Consolidated Audit Trail, a comprehensive database for all trading activity in the U.S. equity and options markets.

The SEC announced the agenda and panelists for the 35th Annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation.

CFTC Chair Timothy Massad urged future regulators to focus on technological risk, clearinghouse risk and market liquidity, and international regulatory harmonization.

The Government Accountability Office issued a report containing recommendations to improve the effectiveness of Federal Reserve System stress test programs.

The FDIC adopted a final rule regarding recordkeeping requirements that would facilitate the "prompt payment of FDIC-insured deposits when large insured depository institutions fail."