The SEC adopted amendments that enhance the reporting and disclosure of information by investment advisers. Investment advisers must comply with the final amendments beginning on October 1, 2017.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury released preliminary data from an annual survey of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2015.

The CFTC granted conditional no-action relief permitting a swap dealer to include security-based swaps in product sets for initial margin calculations where the swaps are subject to margin requirements applicable to a covered swap entity's counterparty.

The SEC announced that the fees that issuers pay to register their securities with the SEC will be set at $115.90 per million for FY 2017. The new fees represent a substantial increase over the current fee rate of $100.70 per million.

The SEC requested comments on certain disclosure requirements under Regulation S-K relating to management, certain security holders, and corporate governance matters.