The SEC charged two former Nomura Securities International traders with securities fraud.

New SRO rule changes and proposals were announced by the SEC for the week of May 8 to May 12, 2017.

FINRA proposed changing certain rules to reduce the delay period from 18 to 6 months for "historic" TRACE data sets relating to corporate and agency debt securities.

President Trump signed an Executive Order mandating that all federal agencies implement certain cybersecurity measures to protect American network infrastructure from both foreign and domestic attacks.

FDIC Vice Chair Thomas Hoenig described a shift in the banking industry towards consolidation and described his recent proposal to require that banks partition certain nonbanking activities.