The CFTC Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight issued nine Exemption Letters granting relief to commodity pool operators from annual report requirements and from certain audit requirements of financial statements in 2015 annual pool reports.

Representative Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) introduced the "Traditional Banking Regulatory Relief Act of 2015" in order to provide relief to "traditional banks" – "institutions that do not require extra regulatory scrutiny or pose a systemic risk to the economy" – based on the level of complexity and volume of activities of a given bank.

The NFA reminded member firms to adopt and enforce written policies and procedures to secure customer data and access to electronic systems. The required policy and procedures went into effect on March 1, 2016.

A joint request for comment on interim final rules implementing a provision of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act was published in the Federal Register. The provision permits the banking agencies to examine certain qualifying insured depository institutions.

FINRA's Board of Governors approved a proposal that would require member firms to disclose the "mark-up" or "mark-down" on retail customer confirmations for a majority of debt securities and corporate transactions.