SEC Chair Jay Clayton solicited comments on "standards of conduct for investment advisers and broker-dealers."

The CFTC permanently banned a former trader from trading commodity interests for engaging in "spoofing" and other manipulative trading practices.

Economists concluded that the latest Federal Reserve Bank of New York Report on U.S. banking organization trends demonstrates that the performance of bank loan portfolios improved over the past few years.

FINRA barred a former registered securities trader and suspended his former sales assistant for engaging in firm-prohibited bond transactions and unethical conduct.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office issued a report concluding that the FDIC must improve its information security controls.