Monday 4/11   Lew to speak at CFR meeting . Yellen at the White House.|  Tuesday 4/12   IMF/World Bank forum (to 4/15). Senate hearing on SEC, CFTC budgets. | Wednesday 4/13  G20 finance meeting (to 4/14). Fed issues Beige Book. | Thursday 4/14   SEC's Investor Advisory Committee meets. Systemic risk on FDIC's calender. Senate hearings on CFTC reauthorization, fixed-income markets. | Friday 4/15 |   IMF/World Bank spring meetings (to 4/17). FSB task force meets. |  Please see below for details on these & other events.
11 April 2016
Week InAdvance
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all times ET unless noted

Thursday, Apr 14
Market Practices Council Monthly Meeting
11 - 11:30 am
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Last Wednesday of every month
INVESTORS Monthly Members Meeting
4:30 - 5 pm
Brief updates from all Council chairs.
All INVESTORS members are invited to listen in.

3rd Wednesday of every month
CMBS Council monthly meeting
3 - 3:30 pm

1st Thursday of every month
Mortgage Securitization Council monthly meeting
3 - 3:30 pm

2nd Thursday of every month
Market Practices Council monthly meeting
11 - 11:30 am
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Matthew Jones
Staff Director
(202) 712-9050
at the agencies
Monday, Apr 11
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Closed meeting to consider a bank supervisory matter.

Monday, Apr 11
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
The President and Vice President to meet with Fed Chair Janet Yellen at the White House  to discuss the economy and Wall Street reform.

Tuesday, Apr 12
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Closed meeting for review and determination of the advance and discount rates to be charged by the Federal Reserve Banks.

Wednesday, Apr 13
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Federal Reserve issues the Beige Book  report on regional economic conditions.

Wednesday, Apr 13
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Open meeting to consider whether to seek comment on modernizing certain business and financial disclosure requirements and whether to adopt business conduct standards for security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants .  The rule as proposed in 2011 would require dealers and major participants to communicate with other parties in good faith about risks, conflicts of interest, clearing and other matters.  At the same open meeting, the agency is also expected to seek comment on updating its Regulation S-K disclosure regime.  The meeting was rescheduled from March 30.

Thursday, Apr 13 -
Friday, Apr 14
MUNICIPAL SECURITIES RULEMAKING BOARD
In addition to addressing corporate and governance issues, the Board will discuss the following rulemaking and policy topics: prevailing market price, close-out procedures for dealers, continuing education requirements for municipal advisors, and market transparency.

Thursday, Apr 14
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
Meeting of the Systemic Resolution Advisory Committee,  which offers the FDIC advice and recommendations on various questions in connection with resolution of systemically important financial companies.

Thursday, Apr 14
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Investor Advisory Committee meets to vote on recommending that mutual funds disclose costs in dollars instead of percentages.  The agenda also includes an update from the commission's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, and a discussion regarding cybersecurity and related investor protection concerns.


  
 
on the hill
Tuesday, Apr 12
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS
Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing on proposed budget estimates and justification for FY2017 for the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission. CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad and SEC Chair Mary Jo White are scheduled to testify.  

Tuesday, Apr 12
SENATE FINANCE
Hearing on protecting taxpayer information from cyber attacks. Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen, IRS Chief Technology Officer Terence Milholland, Comptroller General Gene Dodaro and the Treasury Department's Inspector General for Tax Administration Russell George are among those scheduled to testify.

Tuesday, Apr 12
HOUSE RULES
Full committee meets to formulate a rule on H.R.3340, the "Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act" and H.R.3791, to raise the consolidated assets threshold under the small bank holding company policy statement. Under H.R. 3340 , funding for the Financial Stability Oversight Council and Office of Financial Research would be made subject to the annual appropriations process starting in fiscal 2017. OFR also would be required to provide Congress with quarterly updates on its staffing and financial activities, and to give the public an opportunity to comment on the office's reports and regulations. The House Financial Services Committee approved the bill on Nov. 4 by a party-line 33-24 vote.

Wednesday, Apr 13
HOUSE NATURAL RESOURCES
Full committee hearing on the "Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act.

Thursday, Apr 14
SENATE AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION AND FORESTRY
Committee will mark up legislation reauthorizing operations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 10 months after a House version drew criticism from Democrats and a veto threat from President Barack Obama. Depending on its breadth, the bill could have major ramifications on how the agency uses its Dodd-Frank authority.  A House version passed in 2015 would limit the agency's power to police overseas derivatives activity,  but analysts say the Senate version is likely to be more narrow. 

Thursday, Apr 14
SENATE BANKING, HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment and Subcommittee on Economic Policy hearing on "Examining Current Trends and Changes in the Fixed-Income Markets." Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell and Antonio Weiss, counselor to the secretary of the Treasury, are scheduled to testify.

Thursday, Apr 14
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Subcommittee on Capital Markets and GSEs hearing on "The JOBS Act at Four: Examining its Impact and Proposals to Further Enhance Capital Formation."


across the globe
Monday, Apr 11
STRASBOURG, Germany
European Parliament meets to vote on benchmark regulation. 

Monday, Apr 11 -
Tuesday, Apr 12
FRANKFURT, Germany
CPMI-IOSCO Harmonization Working Group meeting.

Tuesday, Apr 12
BRUSSELS, Belgium
EU will debate whether to require visas from U.S. and Canada nationals.

Tuesday, Apr 12 -
Thursday, Apr 14
TOKYO, Japan
The heads of several major international clearinghouses and exchanges will gather for a panel discussion sponsored by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association.

Thursday, Apr 14 -
Friday, Apr 15
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands
IOSCO Monitoring Group meeting.

Friday, Apr 15
FRANKFURT, Germany
IOSCO's Legal Entity Identifier Regulatory Oversight Committee, Executive Committee meeting.
other events
Monday, Apr 11
WASHINGTON DC
G20 Climate Finance Study Group Meeting #2.

Monday, Apr 11
WASHINGTON DC
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) holds a discussion on America's leadership in the global economic system. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will speak  on the U.S. successes in the global economy.

Monday, Apr 11
WASHINGTON DC
The Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE) holds its semi-annual Global Economic Prospects meeting.

Monday, Apr 11 - 
Tuesday, Apr 12
MIAMI, Florida
World Strategic Forum, presented by  the International Economic Forum of the Americas will address the major governance challenges of the new world economic order, focusing on the central role of the Americas in the global market.

Monday, Apr 11 -
Wednesday, Apr 13
HOLLYWOOD, Florida
21st Annual International AML & Financial Crime Conference. Speakers include Jennifer Shasky Calvery, Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network for the U. S. Department of the Treasury, and Abelardo Vecino, Supervisor, Undercover Unit for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Tuesday, Apr 12
WASHINGTON DC
G20 Green Finance Study Group Meeting #3.

Tuesday, Apr 12 -
Friday, Apr 15
WASHINGTON DC
The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank hold "Civil Society Policy Forum." IMF issues its  World Economic Outlook before spring meetings  with the World Bank starting on April 15.

Wednesday, Apr 13
WASHINGTON DC
G20 International Financial Architecture Working Group Meeting #3.

Wednesday, Apr 13
WASHINGTON DC
The International Monetary Fund releases its Global Financial Stability Report. IMF Head of Fiscal Affairs Vitor Gaspar holds press briefing on the release of the Fiscal Monitor.

Thursday, Apr 13 -
Friday, Apr 14
WASHINGTON DC
G20 Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting #2 on the margins of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring Meetings.

Thursday, Apr 14
WASHINGTON DC
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde holds a press briefing after the IMF releases its updated Global Policy Agenda.

Friday, Apr 15
WASHINGTON DC
Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures roundtable discussion on "Overexposed & Under-reported: Climate Risk and the Financial Sector." T he TCFD was established by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) in December of last year to enhance disclosure of climate-related risks in the financial sector. 

Friday, Apr 15 - 
Sunday, Apr 17
WASHINGTON DC
2016 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group , focused on the global economy and financial markets.