The Congressional Research Service reviewed the current state of Federal Reserve independence amidst recent executive actions aimed at increasing presidential oversight.

The Congressional Research Service reviewed the Department of Labor’s guidance and regulations concerning the exercise of shareholder rights by private sector pension plans under ERISA.

The CFTC’s Divisions of Market Oversight Clearing and Risk granted a no-action request by a designated contract market and derivatives clearing organization on swap data reporting and recordkeeping requirements for certain fully collateralized binary and bounded swaps.

Participants to the UTP Plan, which include Nasdaq and other U.S. national securities exchanges, proposed extending the Processor’s operating hours to support near-continuous trading sessions.

FINRA requested comment on proposed amendments to rules covering the financial exploitation of senior investors and a new rule addressing suspected fraud for all customers.