Energy Metro Desk Editor John Sodergreen examined a recent Chicago Mercantile Exchange notice that denied a trader access to all of its markets for 60 days during its ongoing "spoofing" investigation.

The NFA proposed requiring Commodity Pool Operators and Commodity Trading Advisers to report two financial ratios on Forms PQR and PR that will provide information on their financial condition.

The SEC approved a FINRA proposal to create a new Academic Corporate Bond TRACE Data product that would be available only to institutions of higher education. The final amendments were published in the Federal Register.

The Financial Action Task Force updated the list of jurisdictions considered to have material deficiencies with respect to anti-money laundering or countering the financing of terrorism.

The SEC named Sarah G. ten Siethoff, Deputy Associate Director in the Division of Investment Management Rulemaking Office. Ms. ten Siethoff will develop rulemaking and policy recommendations, as well as oversee the management of rulemaking projects.