In this issue:

- SEC Sets October 2015 Target Date for Certain Dodd-Frank and JOBS Act Rulemaking

- FINRA Issues Notice on TRACE Trade Reporting Obligations

- NFA Issues Guidance on Exempt and Excluded CPOs and CTAs

- NFA Proposes Amendment to NFA Compliance Rule 2-4

- NYS DFS Publishes All BitLicense Comments; California Considers Regulation

- SEC Issues Third-Annual Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program Report

- Expedited Proceedings Denied Where Harm Is Only Speculative

- SEC Charges Company Executives With Issuing False Press Releases to Inflate Stock Price

- OCC’s Curry Advocates Regulatory Reduction for Smaller Banks and Thrifts

- FFIEC Releases Revised BSA/AML Examination Manual

- New European Data Protection Guidelines Published

- AIFM Directive – Latvia, Poland and Spain Warned by European Commission for Failing to Fully Implement New Investment Fund Rules

- Excerpt from SEC Sets October 2015 Target Date for Certain Dodd-Frank and JOBS Act Rulemaking:

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently published its agenda with respect to upcoming rulemaking, including rulemaking contemplated by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (DoddFrank Act) and the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act). In setting its agenda, the SEC established target dates for taking various rulemaking actions, including setting an October 2015 target for taking the following measures to implement portions of the Dodd-Frank Act and the JOBS Act...