FinCEN renewed a Geographic Targeting Order requiring title insurance companies to collect and report beneficial ownership information for certain residential real estate purchases.

The CFPB named Lorelei Salas as the new Assistant Director for the Office of Supervision Policy and Acting Assistant Director for Supervision, and Eric Halperin as the new Assistant Director for the Office of Enforcement.

At its quarterly Board of Directors meeting, the MSRB reviewed initiatives under the strategic plan for improving and protecting the municipal securities market.

The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets considered oversight and disclosure legislation concerning China-based corporate issuers.

A CFTC-registered introducing broker settled NFA charges for failing to maintain complete records and allowing an unregistered individual to operate as an associated person.