The SEC announced the members of its renewed Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies.

Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) claimed that an audit report of CFTC financial statements released by the CFTC Office of Inspector General showed "multiple transgressions" and raised "serious questions about CFTC leasing and accounting practices."

CFTC Commissioner Bowen reviewed regulations and rules that were put in place after the 2008 crisis and questioned whether they helped to create a safer derivatives market.

The SEC entered into a settlement agreement with a Ukrainian-based trader charged with trading on information obtained through hacked news releases.

The UK Financial Conduct Authority found "several areas of concern" in its review of a sample of ten firms that offered "contract-for-difference" products to clients on a non-advised basis.