Week inBrief | Mon 9/26 Fed Gov Tarullo speaks on evolution of stress testing. Final day of UN General Assembly. | Tue 9/27 WTO 2016 public forum on inclusive trade. House panel holds FSB hearing. | Wed 9/28  SEC to vote on clearing agencies, settlement cycle . Yellen in the House. INVESTORS Cyber Security Council meeting & Monthly Members Meeting.  | Thu 9/29 Wells Fargo CEO back on The Hill. | Fri 9/30 EU ministers seek to fast-track climate deal ratification.
26 Sep 2016
Week InAdvance
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Wednesday, Sep 29
INVESTORS Cyber Security Council meeting
Noon - 1 pm

Wednesday, Sep 29
INVESTORS Monthly Members Meeting
4:30 - 5 pm
Brief updates from all Council chairs.
Entire INVESTORS members invited to listen in.
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1st Thursday of every month
INVESTORS Mortgage Securitization Council meeting
3 - 3:30 pm

2nd Thursday of every month
INVESTORS Market Practices Council monthly meeting
11 - 11:30 am

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

Last Wednesday of every month
INVESTORS Monthly Members Meeting
4:30 - 5 pm
Brief updates from all Council chairs.
Entire INVESTORS members invited to listen in.
for details...
Matthew Jones
Staff Director
mjones@association.institutionalINVESTORS.org
(202) 712-9050
at the agencies
Monday, Sep 26
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Closed meeting for an update on consumer and community matters.

Wednesday, Sep 28
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Open meeting to consider:
  • Rules to establish enhanced standards for the operation and governance of certain clearing agencies
  • Amendments to certain definitions in Rule 17Ad-22 related to clearing agencies
  • Amendments to Rule 15c6-1 to shorten the standard settlement cycle for most broker-dealer transactions from three business days after the trade date to two business days after the trade date.
on the hill
Tuesday, Sep 27
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit hearing on "Examining Legislative Proposals to Address Consumer Access to Mainstream Banking Services."

Tuesday, Sep 27
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade hearing on "The Financial Stability Board's Implications for U.S. Growth and Competitiveness."

Wednesday, Sep 28
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
Full committee hearing on "The 'New Normal? An Assessment of the Economic Recovery."

Wednesday, Sep 28
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Full committee hearing on "Semi-Annual Testimony on the Federal Reserve's Supervision and Regulation of the Financial System." Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen to testify.

Wednesday, Sep 28
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance Subcommittee hearing on "The Impact of US-EU Dialogues on U.S. Insurance Markets."

Thursday, Sep 29
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Full committee hearing on "Holding Wall Street Accountable: Investigating Wells Fargo's Opening of Unauthorized Customer Accounts."  Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf to testify.
across the globe
Monday, Sep 26 -
Friday, Sep 30
BEATENBERG, Switzerland
Bank for International Settlements 33rd international banking supervision seminar.

Tuesday, Sep 27
LONDON, England
The City Code on Takeovers and Mergers Conference 2016. The 36th City of London conference will focus on keeping up to date with the U.K. regulation of takeovers and other transactions involving corporate control.

Tuesday, Sep 27 -
Thursday, Sep 29
GENEVA, Switzerland
More than a thousand trade officials, attorneys and lobbyists from around the world expected to attend the World Trade Organization's flagship event, their 2016 public forum, with the theme "Inclusive Trade."  WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo will speak at the opening debate of the forum, and at the launch of the WTO's 2016 world trade report, "Leveling the trading field for SMEs."

Thursday, Sep 29
FRANKFURT, Germany
The 8th Annual ICMA Capital Markets Conference. Agenda TBD.

Friday, Sep 30
BRUSSELS, Belgium
Environment ministers from the European Union's 28 countries will meet as they try to find a way for the bloc to rapidly ratify the Paris climate change pact. Ratification of the Paris Agreement - which was put in place at the end of 2015 and will take effect when at least 55 countries representing a minimum of 55 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions formally sign on - is proceeding faster than expected.
other events
Monday, Sep 26
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut
Yale School of Management. Federal Reserve Governor Daniel Tarullo, the central bank's regulatory point man,  to speak on the evolution of stress testing. Some analysts think Tarullo will provide clarity on possible plans to raise the asset threshold level for banks that have to participate in a key part of stress testing known as the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR).

Monday, Sep 26 - 
Tuesday, Sep 27
WASHINGTON DC
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Annual Meeting: The Capital Markets Conference. Speakers include Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White and Timothy Massad, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, as well as Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey and Congressman Jeb Hensarling.

Tuesday, Sep 27
NEW YORK CITY
ISDA's Impact of Financial Regulations on Commodity Market Participants conference. Discussion topics include international and main regional initiatives, margining and central clearing of commodity derivatives and EU regulation.