The CFTC requested comment on a proposal to (i) enhance its process for reviewing whistleblower claims, (ii) clarify its authority to administer the whistleblower program, and (iii) amend the interpretation of its anti-retaliation authority.

SEC Investor Advocate Rick A. Fleming expressed concern about recent patterns in municipal bond ownership. He delivered his remarks at the MSRB Municipal Securities Regulator Summit.

Representative Carolyn B. Maloney asked several federal regulators to provide an "update on the quantitative trading metrics that the agencies have been collecting" under the Volcker Rule.

The Government Accountability Office examined Department of Commerce compliance of conflict minerals-related requirements under the Dodd-Frank Act.

University of Houston Professor Craig Pirrong argued that a paper on central clearing authored by the Office of Financial Research asked the wrong questions and ignored important factors concerning risk.