BNP Paribas S.A. agreed to pay a $246 million fine to settle charges that it engaged in "unsafe and unsound practices in the foreign exchange markets."

In a split decision, the SEC affirmed a ruling by an administrative judge that the SEC Division of Enforcement did not demonstrate sufficiently that a former trader engaged in insider trading.

The SEC proposed a rule change that would designate certain securities listed on the Investors Exchange as "covered securities." Such a designation would exempt them from state registration requirements.

New SRO rule changes and proposals were announced by the SEC for the week of July 10 to July 14, 2017.

IOSCO and CPMI published a fourth update to the Level 1 assessments of implementation monitoring of the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures.