House and Senate Democrats urged the SEC to seek public comment on a proposal to require public companies to disclose the gender, racial and ethnic diversity of their respective board nominees.

The CFPB adopted a final procedural rule related to mortgage lending that establishes an application process under which a person may identify an area as a "rural" area for protection under Federal consumer financial law.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment conducted a hearing to discuss regulatory efforts to strengthen the U.S. equity market structure.

The MSRB published its annual Fact Book, an online sourcebook that analyzes trading data, continuing disclosure documents and other statistics from the municipal bond market.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council voted not to rescind the designation of MetLife for enhanced prudential standards and supervision by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The Council designated MetLife in December 2014, and notified the company of its annual review in October 2015.