The MSRB reminded its registrants that, pursuant to the Regulation Systems Compliance and Integrity ("Regulation SCI"), certain MSRB-member firms must participate in the MSRB's business continuity and disaster recovery plans.

The SEC reopened the comment period for proposed amendments to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13n-4. The amendments concern regulatory access to the security-based swap data that is held by security-based swap data repositories.

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision ("BCBS") published its revised minimum capital requirements for market risk. The revised and standardized requirements are intended to replace the existing minimum capital requirements for market risk in the global regulatory framework.

New SRO rules, rule proposals and NMS plans were announced by the SEC. Click on the links below to view the SEC's notices of exchange rule changes and proposals from January 11 to January 15. Clearance & Settlement: DTC: Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Amend the DTC Custody Service Guide to Codify Its Current Procedures for Assigning a Value to Custody Service Securities for Shipping Insurance Valuation Purposes (Release No. 34-76870; File No. SR-DTC-2016-001; January 11, 2016) DTC: The Depository Trust Company; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change

The CFTC Division of Market Oversight issued a conditional, time-limited extension of relief provided previously to members of ISDA concerning the masking of certain identifying information that must be reported by swap reporting parties under CFTC regulations. This extension is intended to address circumstances in which statutory or regulatory prohibitions, including the privacy laws of non-U.S. jurisdictions, may prevent reporting to trade repositories.