The CFTC Division of Market Oversight extended previously issued no-action relief to non-US swap dealers from certain swap data reporting requirements.

The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control fined a US-based venture capital firm for managing a $20 million investment tied to a sanctioned official of the Russian government.

As required by a recent Executive Order concerning "overcriminalization in federal regulations," the OCC issued a Notice of new "guidance on referrals for potential criminal enforcement."

FIA CEO Walt Lukken identified three areas critical to forging the future for the global derivatives markets: (i) greater standardization of trade flow; (ii) adoption of distributed ledger technology to improve collateral management and settlement; and (iii) regulatory simplification.

FINRA suspended a broker for engaging in an undisclosed outside business activity.