The SEC adopted final rules aimed at preventing fraud and manipulation involving security-based swaps transactions and an amendment to prohibit undue influence on security-based swap dealer chief compliance officers.

In a public statement supporting the outcome of a recent CFTC enforcement action, CFTC Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero outlined how her proposed "Heightened Enforcement Accountability and Transparency" test would have applied to the CFTC determination to impose out-of-the-ordinary penalties.

House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn Thompson (R-PA) proposed legislation that would establish a digital asset framework and provide for related joint rulemaking from the CFTC and the SEC.

The new SEC rule on enhanced issuer repurchase disclosures was published in the Federal Register with an effective date set for July 31, 2023.

The MSRB adopted amendments to its rules on uniform practice and confirmation, clearance and settlement to "define regular-way settlement for municipal securities transactions as occurring one business day after the trade date" and to align with recent SEC rule amendments to shorten the settlement cycle.