The SEC finalized amendments to rules on securities market manipulation that will remove references to reliance on credit rating agencies.

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.

An investment adviser settled SEC charges for failure to (i) disclose conflicts of interest related to its ownership of special purpose acquisition companies and (ii) file timely and accurate reports.

SEC Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda warned that "any failure by the International Accounting Standards Board to adapt and update International Financial Reporting Standards to keep pace with complicated and evolving financial transactions could have profound implications on the global markets."