At a meeting of the SEC Investor Advisory Committee, Chair Mary Jo White urged continued support for the Disclosure Effectiveness Initiative and the implementation of the FAST Act mandates.

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System approved technical amendments to a rule that identifies global systemically important bank holding companies ("GSIBs") and requires them to hold additional amounts of risk-based capital.

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System solicited comments on a proposal that would apply the existing Federal Reserve Board rating system for bank holding companies to savings and loan holding companies.

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the FDIC issued final rules that increase the number of small banks and savings associations that are eligible for an examination cycle extended from twelve to eighteen months.

The SEC charged two New Jersey-based traders with manipulating over two thousand NYSE- and NASDAQ-traded stocks.