President Donald J. Trump announced his intention to nominate (i) Joseph Simons to serve as Chair of the Federal Trade Commission and (ii) Rohit Chopra to serve as a Commissioner.

CFTC Director of International Affairs Eric Pan discussed cross-border regulation, including the recent equivalence agreement between the U.S. and the European Union.

The SEC announced new SRO rule changes and proposals for the week of October 16 to October 20, 2017.

The FDIC appointed Howard Whyte as CIO, Ricardo Delfin as Director of the Office of Complex Financial Institutions, and John Conneely as Regional Director for the Chicago Region.

FINRA requested comments on allowing compensated non-attorneys to represent parties in securities arbitration and mediation proceedings.