The Business Conduct Committees of the Commodity Exchange and the New York Mercantile Exchange sanctioned a firm and several traders for spoofing and for violations of exchange block trading rules.

Two individuals settled SEC charges for insider trading in a case concerning the merger of a medical device company.

In a speech before the National Economists Club, SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce questioned the agency's current data collection process and analysis.

The FDIC proposed revisions to its brokered deposit regime. The proposed amendments concern "restrictions that apply to less than well capitalized insured depository institutions."