The Royal Bank of Scotland plc agreed to pay an $85 million penalty to settle charges of attempted manipulation of the U.S. Dollar ISDA Fix, a financial benchmark referenced in a range of interest rate products.

The SEC charged Sentinel Growth Fund Management and founder Mark J. Varacchi with allegedly misappropriating at least $3.95 million of investor assets.

By a vote of 235 to 197, the House of Representatives passed a resolution to nullify the SEC final rule regarding the disclosure of payments by resource extraction issuers.

FINRA and U.S. members of the Intermarket Surveillance Group updated certain data elements for Electronic Blue Sheets.

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Judge William P. Dimitrouleas entered an Order of Final Judgment by Default against Joseph Charles DiCrisci and his company for (i) engaging in illegal off-exchange precious metal transactions, and (ii) failing to register with the CFTC as a futures commission merchant.