The CFTC issued an order excluding institutions in the Farm Credit System from the definition of "commodity trading advisor." The CFTC explained that any trading advice offered by such institutions is "solely incidental to their primary lending business."

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau summarized its Fall 2016 regulatory agenda.

CFTC Commissioner Christopher Giancarlo addressed three "mega-trends" that are transforming global financial markets: technological disruptions, changing market liquidity and global fragmentation.

CFTC Chair Timothy Massad detailed the agency's past efforts and his remaining agenda on behalf of commercial end-users.

FINRA filed with the SEC a proposed amendment to its Rules to require alternative trading systems to submit additional order sequence information in the Order Audit Trail System.