SEC Chair Paul Atkins outlined a plan to revitalize U.S. capital markets by overhauling the disclosure regime. He argued that decades of "regulatory creep" have undermined competitiveness and limited opportunities for everyday investors.

The OCC, the Federal Reserve Board, and the FDIC requested comment on ways to streamline the Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income ("Call Report") forms and instructions.

Six financial and banking trade associations urged the Federal Reserve Board to recalibrate its proposed 2026 stress test scenarios to ensure they remain plausible and consistent with current market dynamics.

SIFMA requested regulatory relief from the SEC's current interpretation of the agency's rules on prohibited transactions by investment advisers. SIFMA argued that the current transaction-by-transaction consent requirements hamper client execution.

A firm settled FINRA charges for failing to accurately report thousands of transactions to TRACE, omitting security prices from customer trade confirmations, and related supervisory failures.