Week InAdvance | Mon 1/30 Vote on Mnuchin nomination for Treasurer. | Tue 1/31 FOMC two-day meeting on interest rates. | Wed 2/1 Basel Committee meets on Basel III completion (thru Thu), FOMC rate decision. | Thu 2/2 Trump plans to nominate a Supreme Court successor to Scalia, possibly Mon or Tue.
Mon Jan 30, 2017
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Wednesday, Feb 8
INVESTORS Mortgage Securitization Council meets
3:30 - 4:30 pm

Thursday, Feb 9
INVESTORS Market Practices Council meets
11 - 11:30 am

for more info on INVESTORS Councils
Matthew Jones,  staff director 
mjones@association.institutionaINVESTORS.org
(202) 712-9050
at the agencies

Tuesday, Jan 31
FEDERAL RESERVE
Closed meeting to discuss monetary policy issues.  The Fed's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) starts its two-day meeting on interest rates

Wednesday, Feb 1
FEDERAL RESERVE
Federal Open Market Committee rate decision at 2 pm ET.

Thursday, Feb 2
CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU
D.C. federal appeals court judges scheduled to hear arguments on whether the CFPB may launch investigations with little or no second-guessing by judges.  At issue is an April 2016 ruling by a federal judge who said the CFPB lacked statutory authority to issue a civil investigative demand (CID) to the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS), an accreditor of for-profit colleges.
on the hill

Mon day, Jan 30
SENATE FINANCE
Open executive session to vote on the nomination of Steven Mnuchin to be Secretary of the Treasury and to organize for the 115th Congress.

Tuesday, Jan 31
SENATE JUDICIARY
Full committee markup to vote on the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., to be attorney general of the United States.

Wednesday, Feb 1
SENATE COMMERCE, SCIENCE AND TRANSPORTATION
Full committee hearing on "A Growth Agenda: Reducing Unnecessary Regulatory Burdens."
across the globe

Tuesday, Jan 31
FRANKFURT, Germany
The European Central Bank and the European Commission hold a joint conference "Into the future: Europe's digital integrated market."  ECB Executive Board Member Benoit Coeure, European Securities and Markets Authority Chairman Steven Maijoor, Member of the European Parliament Cora van Nieuwenhuizen and London Stock Exchange Group CEO Xavier Rolet to attend a panel discussion on "Innovation and regulation in the world of tomorrow."

Tuesday, Jan 31
LONDON, U.K.
City & Financial: The Extension of the Senior Managers Regime. Speakers include Jonathan Davidson, director of retail supervision and authorization at the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority.

Tuesday, Jan 31 -
Wednesday, Feb 1
LONDON, U.K.
The 3rd Annual AML, Financial Crime & Sanctions Forum. Speakers include Shahmeem Purdasy, senior advisory lawyer in the government legal department advising HM Treasury, and Graham Hooper, director of financial crime risk at Lloyds Banking Group.

Wednesday, Feb 1 -
Thursday, Feb 2
BASEL, Switzerland
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, which brings together regulators including the ECB, the U.S. Federal Reserve and Japan's Financial Services Agency, holds a meeting to try and reach consensus on completing Basel III. The Basel Committee aims to complete an overhaul of capital standards by Jan. 8.
other events

Thursday, Feb 2
WASHINGTON DC
The World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group holds a discussion on "Exploring the Role of Capital Markets in Financing the Sustainable Development Goals."

Thursday, Feb 2
WASHINGTON DC
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) holds a discussion on changes in the global marketplace with special emphasis on current economic events and their implications for U.S. policy.

Sunday, Feb 5 -
Wednesday, Feb 8
SAN DIEGO, California
ABA Insurance Risk Management Forum. Speakers include Frank Lagerstedt, director of risk & insurance management at Morgan Stanley, Dave Lynders of AIG, and Chubb Group's Brendan Kelley.
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