The CFTC and DOJ settled actions against an energy and commodities trading firm and two of its subsidiaries for manipulative and fraudulent practices, foreign corruption and bribery in the U.S. and global oil markets.

The CFPB opened an Office of Competition and Innovation to promote competition and identify stumbling blocks for new market entrants.

FINRA adopted amendments to the TRACE reporting rules to require broker-dealers to indicate when a corporate bond transaction is part of a portfolio trade.

House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters and Senate Banking Committee Chair Sherrod Brown called on the SEC "to require the disclosure of standardized data of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and disability status."

The SEC appointed Richard R. Best as Director of the SEC Division of Examinations.