The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation requested comments on a proposal to subject certain supervised bank entities to restrictions regarding the terms of their qualified financial contracts.

FINRA notified member firms that the SEC approved "pay-to-play" and related rules. The new rules regulate the activities of member firms doing business with government entities.

ICE Futures U.S. and the Chicago Mercantile Group took steps to clarify when certain market participants may engage in the pre-hedging of positions that participants believe "in good faith will result from the consummation of [a] block trade."

Comptroller of the Currency Thomas J. Curry urged greater collaboration among regulatory agencies.

SEC Investor Advocate Rick A. Fleming and Division of Economic and Risk Analysis Deputy Director Scott W. Bauguess described how the SEC can utilize data analytics to improve disclosure and the value of "big data" research.