The Dodd-Frank Act requires the Federal Reserve Board to issue regulations that require financial companies with total consolidated assets of more than $10 billion, and for which the Board is the primary federal financial regulatory agency, to conduct stress tests on an annual basis. The Board is adopting this final rule to implement the company-run stress test requirements in Section 165(i)(2) of the Dodd-Frank Act regarding company-run stress tests for bank holding companies with total consolidated assets greater than $10 billion but less than $50 billion, and state member banks and savings

CME Group issued this Advisory Notice to (i) notify the marketplace that the CME ClearPort business model will be transitioned to promote direct execution of the CME ClearPort slate of futures contracts and options on futures contracts by means of trading on CME Globex and on the trading floor, and (ii) inform that NYMEX Market Regulation Advisory Notice RA1201-6 (Rule 525 Core Principle 9(B)(iii) Trades) is being superseded by this Notice as September 26, 2012. Rule 525 will be formally withdrawn upon the effective date of the block trade rules that NYMEX submitted to the CFTC on October 1

New rules and rule proposals from CHX, FINRA, ICC, ISE, NSX, NYSEMKT, and ICC. Click on the links to view the SEC notices of each rule change and proposal. CHX: Proposed Rule - Change to Establish Listing Standards for Issuers Compensation Committees (See also: Exhibit 5) FINRA: Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change to Amend NASD Rule 2711 and Incorporated NYSE Rule 472 to Conform with the Requirements of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act and Related Changes ICC: Proposed Rule - Change to Add Rules Related to the Clearing of iTraxx Europe Index CDS and European

SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro made remarks on the progress of the SEC's Enforcement program. In her speech, Schapiro asserts that the Commission has been doing everything it can under current law to make markets safer for investors through aggressive action, rapid restructuring and increased collaboration at both the federal and state levels. For instance, Schapiro discusses how the SEC has successfully pursued insider trading by both low-level conspirators and senior executives with ties to some of the nation's most prestigious organizations and has increased assault on overseas bribery and

Executive vice president and head of the Corporate Group of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Edward F. Murphy, has announced his intention to retire from the Bank in April 2013. Mr. Murphy is also a member of the Bank's Management Committee. View announcement here (links externally to NY Fed website).