SEC Reopens Comment Period for Proposed Amendments to Rule 13n-4 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

On January 15, the Securities and Exchange Commission reopened the comment period for proposed amendments to rule 13n-4 through a release entitled “Access to Data Obtained by Security-Based Swap Data Repositories and Exemption from Indemnification Requirement[.]”  The SEC reopened the comment period due to the recent passing of the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015, which contained provisions that affected the language in the prior proposal.  Release.