The SEC announced that the fees that issuers pay to register their securities with the SEC will be set at $115.90 per million for FY 2017. The new fees represent a substantial increase over the current fee rate of $100.70 per million.

The SEC requested comments on certain disclosure requirements under Regulation S-K relating to management, certain security holders, and corporate governance matters.

The SEC reached a $2.5 million settlement agreement with an investment bank charged with causing an issuer to publish a proxy statement that contained materially false and misleading disclosures about a valuation of the issuer.

The SEC proposed rule and form amendments requiring registrants to include hyperlinks to exhibits in their filings, and to submit all filings in HTML format.

FINRA requested comments on proposed rule amendments that would establish an inter-dealer quotation facility for all OTC equity securities.