Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development March 22, 2012 The Council of the OECD has adopted a recommendation on regulatory policy and governance, which sets out a number of measures that governments should employ to support the implementation and advancement of systemic regulatory reforms.

Financial Services Authority April 2, 2012 The Financial Services Authority has published answers to frequently asked questions about the special administration of MF Global UK Limited.

Financial Services Authority April 3, 2012 Ian Hannam has been fined pound;450,000 by the Financial Services Authority for two instances of market abuse by improper disclosure. Hannam was found to have disclosed inside information in two emails sent to a prospective client in 2008, one in relation to a potential offer for an existing client and the other with information about a new oil find by the same existing client.

The latest Advisers Act Enforcement Action -- GMB Capital Management LLC (currently known as "Clearstream Investments LLC"), GMB Capital Partners LLC, Gabriel Bitran and Marco Bitran: IA-3399, IC-30040, 33-9315, 34-66837 (released 04/20/2012).

On February 9, 2011, the Board (CFTC, FDIC, FRB, OCC, and SEC) issued its final rule to implement the provisions of section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act that grant banking entities and nonbank financial companies supervised by the Board a period of time to conform their activities and investments with the prohibitions and restrictions imposed by that section on proprietary trading activities and on hedge fund and private equity funds activities. Subsequently, the Board received a number of requests for clarification of the manner in which this conformance period would apply to various activities