The CFTC Divisions of Market Oversight and Clearing and Risk ("Divisions") granted a designated contract market ("DCM") and its derivative clearing organization ("DCO") relief from certain swap data reporting and recordkeeping requirements for specific binary options and variable payout contracts traded and cleared under their rules.

President Trump signed an Executive Order ("EO") to allow private pension plans access to a broader range of "alternative assets."

In a new Executive Order, President Trump prohibited "politicized or unlawful debanking activities."

A firm settled FINRA charges for participating in an IPO with a conflict of interest, permitting unregistered individuals to conduct investment banking activities and related supervisory failures.

A firm settled FINRA charges for failing supervise for prearranged trading and for deficient mark-up and mark-down disclosures on customer confirmations.