The SEC is amending interim final temporary Rule 15Ba2-6T, which provides for the temporary registration of municipal advisors under the Exchange Act, to extend the date on which Rule 15Ba2-6T (and consequently Form MA-T) will sunset to September 30, 2013. Under the amendment, all temporary registrations submitted pursuant to Rule 15Ba2-6T also will expire no later than September 30, 2013. Effective Date: September 30, 2012. The expiration of the effective period of interim final temporary Rule 15Ba2-6T ( 17 CFR 240.15Ba2-6T) and Form MA-T (17 CFR 249.1300T) is delayed from September 30, 2012

The CFTC Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) announced an extension of time for compliance in order to provide additional time for market participants to coordinate on the communication of limits for give-ups and bunched orders for futures and swaps. This extension of time is intended to provide sufficient time to transition to fully compliant pre-trade screening no later than June 1, 2013. Additionally, DCR also announced the issuance of an extension of time for compliance from pre-trade screening requirements for those transactions executed on DCMs that do not have a system permitting FCMs

The SEC announced that EDGAR modifications will be available starting October 1, 2012. Issuers may choose to submit their draft registration statements using the current secure email system or the new EDGAR system. The SEC stated that it will provide each issuer that has submitted a draft registration statement since April 5, 2012 (and that has not yet filed a registration statement on EDGAR), a letter with instructions on how to transition to the new system. In June, the SEC made an announcement that it was building an EDGAR-based system through which certain Emerging Growth Companies and

See below for date, rulemaking discussed, CFTC staff present, visitors, and organizations represented. WHEN: 9/25/2012 Rulemaking(s): General CFTC Staff: Jill SommersMarcia BlaseKevin BattehJon DeBord Visitor(s): Robert FernandezSara KeganKevin JonesSheri Pevratil (by phone)Heather Glass (by phone)Mary McGavey (by phone) Organization(s): NYISOHunton Williams

The CFTC announced that Weidong Ge (Ge) and Sheenson Investments, Ltd. (Sheenson), both of Shanghai, China, agreed to pay disgorgement of $1 million and a $500,000 civil monetary penalty to settle CFTC charges that they exceeded speculative position limits in Soybean Oil and Cotton No. 2 futures contracts. This is the second major enforcement action (link to news item on a prior action) the CFTC has issued in a week relating to position limits in agricultural commodities. Clients interested in the manner in which position limits are calculated and will be calculated may contact Paul Pantano or