The SEC Division of Trading and Markets granted FINRA and numerous exchanges an extension of the implementation deadline for the Tick Size Pilot Program.

Senator Elizabeth Warren urged the Inspector General to investigate the DOJ's response to potential securities law violations allegedly related to the Financial Crisis of 2008. Senator Warren asked the FBI to release materials related to its investigative and prosecutorial decisions regarding the violations.

The CFTC Divisions of Market and Intermediary Oversight granted conditional no-action relief to an Australian multilateral swap-trading facility from the requirement to register as a swap-execution facility.

CFTC Chair Timothy Massad will recommend a one-year delay of the swap de minimis threshold. The threshold will determine when an entity's swap-dealing activity triggers registration as a swap dealer.

The SEC requested comments on a FINRA proposal to amend FINRA Rule 6191 to modify certain data collection requirements of the Regulation NMS Plan to Implement a Tick Size Pilot Program. The solicitation of comments was published in the Federal Register.