Representative Carolyn B. Maloney asked several federal regulators to provide an "update on the quantitative trading metrics that the agencies have been collecting" under the Volcker Rule.

The Government Accountability Office examined Department of Commerce compliance of conflict minerals-related requirements under the Dodd-Frank Act.

University of Houston Professor Craig Pirrong argued that a paper on central clearing authored by the Office of Financial Research asked the wrong questions and ignored important factors concerning risk.

The SEC penalized 13 advisory firms for repeating and advertising false claims made by an investment management firm about its flagship product.

New SRO rules, rule proposals and NMS plans were announced by the SEC. Click on the links below to view the SEC notices of exchange rule changes and proposals for the week of August 22 - August 26.