The Managed Funds Association ("MFA"), Futures Industry Association (“FIA”) and Asset Management Group of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (“SIFMA AMG”, and together with MFA and FIA, the "Associations") urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") to extend time-limited no-action relief from certain position aggregation requirements under CFTC Rule 150.4 ("Aggregation of positions").

A firm settled FINRA charges for failing to monitor its representatives' rates of variable annuity exchanges.

SIFMA praised the introduction of the "Protecting Private Job Creators Act," a bill that would exempt fixed-income securities from disclosure and quotation requirements in secondary markets.

Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott advocated for the GENIUS Act, a bill to create a regulatory framework for stablecoins.

Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger called for the swift confirmation of Jonathan Gould for Comptroller of the Currency. She said there was an urgent need for a leader to be in place at the OCC ahead of expected passage of the "GENIUS" Act.