The Federal Reserve Board, OCC and FDIC adopted a final rule that allows financial institutions an additional 120 days following a real estate closing transaction to obtain an appraisal or evaluation of the property.

The Cabinet Regulatory Tracker is a list of effective dates, comment deadlines, compliance dates and expiration dates.

The CFTC Division of Market Oversight extended existing no-action relief from ownership and control reporting requirements for reporting entities.

The SEC proposed amendments to regulations on alternative trading systems to improve the "operational transparency, system integrity and regulatory oversight" of those systems that trade in government securities.

Two public companies settled SEC charges for making accounting adjustments that resulted in improper quarterly earnings per share reporting.