The CFTC Divisions of Market and Intermediary Oversight granted conditional no-action relief to an Australian multilateral swap-trading facility from the requirement to register as a swap-execution facility.

CFTC Chair Timothy Massad will recommend a one-year delay of the swap de minimis threshold. The threshold will determine when an entity's swap-dealing activity triggers registration as a swap dealer.

The SEC requested comments on a FINRA proposal to amend FINRA Rule 6191 to modify certain data collection requirements of the Regulation NMS Plan to Implement a Tick Size Pilot Program. The solicitation of comments was published in the Federal Register.

The CFTC adopted a comparability determination that will allow substituted compliance with Japan's margin requirements for uncleared swaps. The final determination was published in the Federal Register.

SEC Enforcement Director Andrew Ceresney asserted that the SEC Whistleblower Program has had a "transformative impact" on the detection and prosecution of illegal conduct.