The SEC requested comments on an immediately effective FINRA proposal to make its Alternative Display Facility available to member firms for trade reporting. The request for comments was published in the Federal Register.

The SEC approved a FINRA proposal to adopt a separate rule set for firms that meet the definition of "capital acquisition broker" and elect to be governed under it. The final rule was published in the Federal Register.

The SEC Division of Investment Management issued a notice stating that the temporary exemptive rule for principal trades with certain advisory clients will be allowed to expire at the end of 2016, and the exemption will not be extended again.

The SEC Division of Trading and Markets sent a letter to FINRA CEO Robert Cook in which it recommended that FINRA review the regulation of U.S. Treasury Securities.

The CFTC granted fully registered swap execution facility status to Seed SEF LLC, a hemp exchange company seeking to operate trading platforms for derivatives in emerging agricultural markets.