The SEC awarded $20 million to a whistleblower who "promptly came forward with valuable information that enabled the SEC to move quickly and initiate an enforcement action against wrongdoers before they could squander the money."

FINRA reported findings from a George Washington University School of Business study on student loan debt. The study examined the implications of student loan debt for borrowers and the overall economy.

The SEC requested comments on a proposal to amend proxy requirements to require the use of universal proxy cards for intrastate offerings and adopt changes concerning exemptions to facilitate intrastate and regional securities offerings.

A non-U.S. firm agreed to pay $1.7 million to settle SEC charges of misleading investors into trading binary securities options over the internet.

An Office of Financial Research working paper examined how risk-taking in the repurchase agreement market changed following the introduction of the Basel III supplementary leverage ratio regulation.