FINRA notified firms of important dates for the 2018 Renewal Program.

The CFTC Division of Market Oversight extended time-limited no-action relief from the CEA's trade execution requirement for certain swaps executed as part of package transactions.

The CFTC Division of Market Oversight extended previously issued relief to swap execution facilities from the requirement to capture post-execution information in their audit trail data.

The CFTC named Commissioner Rostin Behnam as sponsor of the Market Risk Advisory Committee. On a temporary basis, Mr. Behnam will also sponsor the Agricultural Advisory Committee, and Commissioner Brian Quintenz will sponsor the Global Markets Advisory Committee.

The FDIC final rule restricting cancellation rights for certain qualified financial contracts was published in the Federal Register.