The SEC requested comments on a FINRA proposal to amend the FINRA Rule 7600B Series to modify fees and transaction credits applicable to members who use the FINRA/NYSE Trade Reporting Facility.

The MSRB requested comments on (i) strategic goals in the coming year(s), (ii) how it should prioritize core activities, and (iii) the development of the Electronic Municipal Market Access website.

On October 11, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that a CFPB interpretation of provisions of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act "violated bedrock principles of due process," and that the organizational structure of the CFPB violated Article II of the constitution.

The SEC filed 868 enforcement actions in fiscal year 2016, with a material increase in charges of financial misconduct related to investment companies, investment advisers, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

CFTC Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo called for a "thorough and unbiased analysis by U.S. financial regulators and their overseas counterparts of the systemic risk of unprecedented capital constraining regulations on global financial and risk-transfer markets."