On April 17, 2012, NYSE Amex LLC filed with the SEC, pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Exchange Act and Rule 19b-4 thereunder, a proposed rule change to amend NYSE Amex Equities Rule 107B to add a class of Supplemental Liquidity Providers (“SLP”) that are registered as market makers at the Exchange. The proposed rule change was published for comment in the Federal Register on April 23, 2012. The Commission received no comment letters on the proposal. This order approves the proposed rule change. View all upcoming changes to NYSE Rule 107B here (links externally to SEC website).

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View all upcoming changes to MSRB Rule G-17 here (links externally to MSRB website).

The SEC today announced that Eileen Rominger, Director of the Division of Investment Management, will be retiring in July. View press release in full here (links externally to SEC website).

The FDIC is amending the definition of ‘‘financial activities" set forth in section 380.8 of the FDIC's notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register on March 23, 2011 titled ‘‘Orderly Liquidation Authority" (‘‘March 2011 NPR"). The March 2011 NPR proposed standards for determining if a company is predominantly engaged in financial activities for purposes of Title II of the Dodd-Frank Act. A company that is predominantly engaged in such activities is a ‘‘financial company" for purposes of Title II of the Act (unless it is one of the few entities specifically excepted)