ICE published its position limit exemption form. Attached below is a link to the document. View form here (links externally to ICE document).

ICE previously announced that the transition of all cleared OTC products listed on ICE's OTC energy market has been accelerated to take effect on October 15, 2012. The following issues are addressed in this notice: Position Limits and Accountability Levels for Futures Effective Date for Position Limits New Position Limits Product Aggregation for Position Limits Exemptions Large Trader Reporting to the Exchange View notice in full here (links externally to ICE website). See also: Speech by CFTC Commissioner O'Malia on the transition of ICE products from swaps to futures.

The SEC is proposing to extend the effectiveness of Rule 206(3)-3T under the Advisers Act, a temporary rule that establishes an alternative means for investment advisers that are registered with the SEC as broker-dealers to meet the requirements of Section 206(3) of the Advisers Act when they act in a principal capacity in transactions with certain of their advisory clients. The amendment would extend the date on which rule 206(3)-3T will sunset from December 31, 2012 to December 31, 2014. During that extended period, the SEC intends to study, among other things, the standard of care

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

The FDIC is issuing a final rule that implements the requirements in Section 165(i) of the Dodd-Frank Act regarding stress tests ("final rule"). Section 165(i)(2) requires the Corporation to issue regulations that require FDIC-insured state nonmember banks and FDIC-insured state-chartered savings associations with total consolidated assets of more than $10 billion to conduct annual stress tests, report the results of such stress tests to the Corporation and Federal Reserve Board, and publish a summary of the results of the stress tests. The final rule requires large covered banks to conduct