The National Futures Association Business Conduct Committee filed a complaint against a commodity trading advisor and its principal for violating recordkeeping, disclosure and supervisory requirements.

On July 18, 2017, the United States Senate Committee on Finance met to consider the nomination of David J. Kautter as U.S. Treasury Department Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy.

The SEC announced that Christopher Hetner will continue to serve as Senior Cybersecurity Policy Advisor under SEC Chair Jay Clayton. Mr. Hetner served in that capacity under former Chair Mary Jo White.

At a hearing before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and Investment, witnesses debated Sarbanes-Oxley and offered recommendations to address the decline in public offerings.

The FDIC revised guidelines for the appeal of material supervisory determinations.