The CFTC requested comments on proposed amendments to provide futures commission merchants, swap dealers and major swap participants additional time to file chief compliance officer annual reports and to clarify the timing of filing requirements for "Comparable Annual Reports".

The MSRB issued guidance to member firms on amendments to MSRB Rules on Real-Time Transaction Reporting System requirements. The amendments became effective on July 18, 2016.

The SEC approved a proposed amendment by numerous exchanges to an Exchange Act plan. The amendment recognizes the addition of Investors Exchange LLC and allocates surveillance, investigation and enforcement responsibility under the plan.

The Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Competition and the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division summarized the agencies' merger enforcement activities in the 38th Annual Hart-Scott-Rodino Report.

The CFTC issued a final rule and separate interpretive and no-action letters in order to improve the protection of customer funds.