The SEC extended the 45-day review period of a FINRA proposal to adopt Rule 4554, which requires alternative trading systems to submit additional order information to FINRA.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control updated its Cuba-Related "Frequently Asked Questions" in order to address issues related to increasing commercial and non-commercial connections between the United States and Cuba.

CFTC Chair Timothy Massad signed counterpart agreements to a Memorandum of Understanding with Canadian financial regulators in Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

The Trading Venues Regulation Subcommittee of the SEC Equity Market Structure Advisory Committee recommended ways to improve and modernize trading venue models.

FINRA reminded member firms that a revision to an SEC staff no-action letter expands the definition of "ready market" for certain foreign equity securities.