The Week InBrief | Mon 7/11 Eurogroup in Brussels. | Tue 7/12 EU finmins meet in Brussels to oppose US-led reform of global bank rules-document. IOSCO financial stability meeting in Moscow. | Wed 7/13 SEC continues its recent hectic rulemaking pace. Fed's Beige Book. CFTC auto-trading proposal gets gets House Ag scrutiny.   | Thu 7/14 SEC advisory panel to discuss investment company reporting. House panel meets on FSOC & SIFIs. Rocky Mountain Economic Summit in Idaho.  U pdates on El Nino/La Nina.   | Fri 7/15 OMFIF meets in St. Louis.

Please see below for details on these & other events.
11 Jul 2016
Week InAdvance
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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.

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

2nd Thursday of every month
POSTPONED until Thursday, July 21st
Market Practices Council monthly meeting
11 - 11:30 am

3rd Wednesday of every month
CMBS Council monthly meeting
3 - 3:30 pm
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Matthew Jones
Staff Director
(202) 712-9050
at the agencies
Wednesday, Jul 13
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Open meeting  on possible rule changes for order routing, security-based swaps and enforcement strategies.  The agency is set to propose a tighter rule for how brokers disclose order routing for institutional and retail clients, part of a series of market structure rules.  They will also consider tweaks to Regulation SBSR for security-based swap entities, and whether to address "redundant, duplicative, overlapping, outdated, or superseded disclosure requirements."

Wednesday, Jul 13
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Fed issues the Beige Book of economic condition.

Thursday, Jul 14
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Investor Advisory Committee meeting scheduled to discuss investment company reporting modernization, the state of sustainability reporting, and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act amendments.
on the hill
Tuesday, Jul 12
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
Full committee hearing on "Encouraging Entrepreneurship: Growing Business, Not Bureaucracy."

Tuesday, Jul 12
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Full committee hearing on the bank regulation plan, "Making a Financial Choice: More Capital or More Government Control?"

Tuesday, Jul 12
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit hearing on "Examining the Opportunities and Challenges with Financial Technology ('Fin Tech'): The Development of Online Marketplace Lending."

Wednesday, Jul 13
HOUSE AGRICULTURE
At a full committee hearing, members will examine the CFTC's proposal to oversee the automated trading of derivatives. Several aspects of the proposal have proven to be controversial, including the requirement that automated traders store in repositories the valuable codes that drive their computers and make them available to the CFTC at the agency's discretion.

Wednesday, Jul 13
HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS
Subcommittee on Trade hearing on "Expanding U.S. Digital Trade and Eliminating Barriers to U.S. Digital Exports."

Wednesday, Jul 13
HOUSE OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM
Full committee hearing on "Oversight of the FDIC Application Process."

Wednesday, Jul 13
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Full committee hearing on "HUD Accountability." Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro will testify. 

Thursday, Jul 14
SENATE BANKING, HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS.
Full committee hearing on "Evaluating the Financial Risks of China."

Thursday, Jul 14
HOUSE SCIENCE, SPACE AND TECHNOLOGY
Full committee hearing on "Evaluating the FDIC's Response to Major Data Breaches: Is the FDIC Safeguarding Consumers' Banking Information?"

Thursday, Jul 14
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on "The Financial Stability Oversight Council and the Designation of Non-Bank Financial Companies."
across the globe
Monday, Jul 11
BRUSSELS Belgium
Eurogroup meeting.

Monday, Jul 11 - 
Friday, Jul 15
GENEVA, Switzerland
Days 4-8 of the World Trade Organization's 19th round of trade negotiations on  the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA).  The U.S. is expected to present a financial services proposal to ensure TiSA parties avoid any policies that would require forced data localization rules for financial companies.

Tuesday, Jul 12
BRUSSELS, Belgium
The European Union's 28 finance ministers meet to discuss  fighting tax evasion and bank capital requirements, and will issue a statement urging bank regulators to avoid imposing a disproportionate increase of costs on European banks.

Tuesday, Jul 12
LONDON, England
City & Financial 2nd Annual Culture and Conduct Forum for the Financial Services Industry. Speakers include Andrew Gracie, executive director of resolution at the Bank of England and Lowri Khan, director of financial stability at HM Treasury.

Tuesday, Jul 12 -
Wednesday, Jul 13
MOSCOW, Russia
Meeting of IOSCO's Financial Stability Board Analytical Group on Vulnerabilities.

Tuesday, Jul 12 -
Wednesday, Jul 13
BEIJING, China
The 18th bilateral two-day summit between the European Union and China, focusing on political and economic relations.

Wednesday, Jul 13
LONDON, England
City & Financial 3rd Annual Financial Services Cyber Security Summit.
other events
Tuesday, Jul 12
WASHINGTON DC
SEC Chair Mary Jo White will speak at an event regarding the release of FINRA's latest National Financial Capability Study. The study measures four key components of financial capability-making ends meet, planning ahead, managing financial products and financial knowledge and decision-making.

Wednesday, Jul 13 -
Friday, Jul 15
NEW YORK CITY
BAFT/ABA Global Payments Symposium.

Thursday, Jul 14
WASHINGTON DC
Bond Dealers of America Legal & Compliance Roundtable. Ritta  McLaughlin, MSRB Chief Education Officer, will speak.

Thursday, Jul 14
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland
The Climate Prediction Center of the National Weather Service will release its monthly updates on El Nino/La Nina conditions in the Pacific Ocean. These weather patterns affect Atlantic hurricanes, agriculture and energy markets.

Thursday, Jul 14 - 
Friday, Jul 16
VICTOR, Idaho
Eighth Annual Rocky Mountain Economic Summit at the Teton Springs Resort and Spa.

Thursday, Jul 15 - 
Friday, Jul 15
ST. LOUIS, Missouri
The third OMFIF (Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum) Main Meeting in North America. Attendees include senior figures from central banks and treasuries, sovereign wealth funds, public pensions, and private market participants from around the world. Minneapolis Fed President  Neel Kashkari  will discuss, with St. Louis Fed President James Bullard, the role of the U.S. in the global economy.