The SEC opened a new comment period on a proposal to adopt a voluntary three-year pilot program to allow broker-dealers to conduct annual office inspections remotely.

The SEC opened a new comment period to consider whether to approve a FINRA proposal that would amend the Code of Arbitration Procedure for Customer Disputes and the Code of Arbitration Procedure for Industry Disputes to impose additional requirements for expunging customer dispute information.

Comments on an SEC proposal to establish minimum standards for outsourcing investment advisory services and related form amendments are due by December 27, 2022.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York initiated a 12-week proof-of-concept project to explore the feasibility of a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency based on distributed ledger technology.

FINRA is conducting targeted exams of retail communications on crypto asset products and offerings. The period under examination is July 1, 2022 through September 30, 2022.