The United States Senate confirmed the nomination of David J. Kautter as Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy at the Treasury Department.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency published an updated version of the "Failure Acquisitions" booklet of the Comptroller's Licensing Manual.

The U.S. Senate confirmed J. Christopher Giancarlo as CFTC Chair and Brian Quintenz and Rostin Behnam as CFTC Commissioners.

SEC Division of Investment Management Director David W. Grim will leave the SEC in September 2017.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board imposed a fine against an auditor for failing to adequately examine a brokerage firm's compliance with the SEC Customer Protection Rule.