See: 77 FR 21278 The CFTC is adopting rules to implement new statutory provisions enacted by Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act. These rules address: The documentation between a customer and a futures commission merchant that clears on behalf of the customer; the timing of acceptance or rejection of trades for clearing by derivatives clearing organizations and clearing members; and the risk management procedures of futures commission merchants, swap dealers, and major swap participants that are clearing members. The rules are designed to increase customer access to clearing, to facilitate the

FINRA Reg. Notice 12-18 FINRA is requesting comment on proposed new rules that would permit persons who are the "subject of" allegations of sales practice violations made in arbitration claims, but who are not named as parties to the arbitration (unnamed persons), to seek expungement relief by initiating In re expungement proceedings at the conclusion of the underlying customer-initiated arbitration case. These allegations must be reported in the same way that customer complaints are reported-to the Central Registration Depository (CRDreg;) system on Forms U4 or U5. Currently, the Code of

77 FR 20749 The SEC is reopening the period for public comment on amendments it originally proposed in SEC Release No. 33-9126 (75 FR 35920) to allow submission of comments on the results of the findings of empirical research on individual investors' understanding of target date retirement funds and related marketing materials. The rule proposal would, if adopted, require a target date retirement fund that includes the target date in its name to disclose the fund's asset allocation at the target date immediately adjacent to the first use of the fund's name in marketing materials; require

77 FR 20536 The SEC is adopting exemptions under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and the Trust Indenture Act for certain security-based swaps issued by clearing agencies. The final rules exempt transactions by clearing agencies in such security-based swaps from all provisions of the Securities Act, other than the Section 17(a) anti-fraud provisions, as well as exempt these security-based swaps from Exchange Act registration requirements and from the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act. Effective Date: April 16, 2012 Cross References: Proposed Rule Release No. 33-9222; Dodd-Frank Title

View the bill in full here. The JOBS Act is effective immediately. Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011: House Report 112-406; House Report 112-406 Part 2.