The SEC requested comments on a FINRA proposal to update cross-references and make non-substantive changes to certain rules in the FINRA Consolidated Rulebook.

The SEC Division of Economic and Risk Analysis and the NYU Salomon Center for the Study of Financial Institutions hosted a "dialogue" on Regulation Crowdfunding.

The MFA, SIFMA Asset Management Group and the Alternative Investment Management Association recommended that the CFTC examine "whether there are demonstrable concerns over excessive speculation" when revising its reproposed position limits rulemaking.

Republican staff members of the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee issued a report criticizing the Financial Stability Oversight Council's designation process for Systemically Important Financial Institutions.

The SEC announced that the International Financial Reporting Standards Taxonomy is now available on the Commission's website. The new taxonomy allows foreign private issuers to submit their financial statements in eXtensible Business Reporting Language.