The SEC will hold the third meeting of the Equity Market Structure Advisory Committee on February 2, 2016, at 9:30 a.m. EST.

FINRA issued two regulatory notices regarding its Funding Portal Rules; the notices provide background as to why the rules were adopted and guidance as to how to comply.

The MSRB filed with the SEC a proposed rule change to revise its content outline for the General Securities Sales Supervisor Qualification Examination ("Series 9/10").

The NYSE proposed a number of actions that are intended to "improve the stability" of the exchange markets in adverse environments while at the same time "maintaining the efficiency of trading."

Three professors analyzed granular data to explore the causes of the 2010 "Flash Crash." They concluded that the crash was caused by "prevailing market conditions combined with the introduction of a large equity sell order implemented in a particularly dislocating manner."