SEC Commissioner Kara M. Stein asserted that regulators must "look forward" not "backward" in order to take advantage of the "amazing opportunities" created by changes in the market.

FINRA launched a new Academic Corporate Bond TRACE Data product. The product is intended to support academic research by making corporate bond transaction data available to institutions of higher education.

The Office of Financial Research academics analyzed the effects of "procyclical" central counterparty margin requirements.

CFTC Commissioner Sharon Y. Bowen explored ways to increase diversity in the CFTC and the financial services industry.

FINRA proposed delaying the date by which the Pre-Pilot and Pilot Appendix B of the Regulation NMS Plan to Implement a Tick Size Pilot Program will be made publicly available on the FINRA website. The date of availability would be moved from February 28, 2017 to April 28, 2017.