The SEC adopted a rule mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act requiring companies to publicly disclose their use of conflict minerals that originated in the Democratic Republic of Congo or an adjoining country. Companies are required to disclose their use of conflict minerals that include tantalum, tin, gold or tungsten if the minerals are "necessary to the functionality or production of a product" and the company files reports with the SEC under the Exchange Act. The final rule requires a company to provide the disclosure on a new form (Form SD) to be filed with the SEC. SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro

The CFTC has announced that market participants who are required to obtain a CICI to comply with the CFTC's swap data reporting regulations can now do so through the new CICI website. The website is free and publicly available. CICIs are interim legal entity identifiers (LEI), which will be used by registered entities and swap counterparties in complying with the CFTC's swap data reporting regulations. The CFTC also announced that it is participating in an international process, coordinated by the Financial Stability Board (FSB), to establish governance principles and reference data

BATS: Final Rule - Amend BATS Rules 14.2 and 14.3 to Adopt Additional Listing Requirements for Reverse Merger Companies and to Align BATS Rules with the Rules of Other Self-Regulatory Organizations ICC: Proposed Rule - Amend Schedule 502 of the ICE Clear Credit Rules to Provide for Clearing of Additional Single-Name Investment Grade CDS Contracts ICC: Effective Immediately - Amend Schedule 502 of the ICC Rules to Provide for Clearing of Additional Markit CDX North American Investment Grade Indices NSX: Effective Immediately - Amend Its Rules to Add Rule 3.21 Regarding Telephone Solicitation

DATE MEETING WITH RULEMAKING 08/16/2012 Chatham Financial Capital Margin Clearing Requirement

Summary: (This item was previously reported when the CFTC adopted the rule proposal and before it was published in the Federal Register.) The CFTC is proposing a rule to exempt swaps between certain affiliated entities within a corporate group from the clearing requirement (the "inter-affiliate clearing exemption" or the "proposed exemption") under Section 2(h)(1)(A) of the Commodity Exchange Act. The CFTC also is proposing rules that detail specific conditions which counterparties must satisfy to elect the proposed inter-affiliate clearing exemption, as well as reporting requirements for