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Week InAdvance | Mon Mar 6 OCC & CFPB chairs speak in NYC. OECD conference in Paris. | Tue Mar 7 Launch of OECD economic outlook and G7 prospects in Paris. Brexit scrutiny in House of Lords. | Wed Mar 8 IOSCO meeting in Hong Kong. | Thu Mar 9 SEC investor advisory panel meets. MSRB webinar. House cybersecurity hearing. INVESTORS Market Practices meeting/telecon. | Fri Mar 10 SEC OIA summit.
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please join us...
Thursday, Mar 9
INVESTORS Market Practices Council meeting
(available via telecon)
11 - 11:30 am
for more info on INVESTORS Councils
Matthew Jones,
staff director
mjones@association.institutionaINVESTORS.org
(202) 712-9050
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at the agencies
Monday, Mar 6
FEDERAL RESERVE
Closed meeting for review and determination by the Board of Governors of the advance and discount rates to be charged by the Federal Reserve banks.
Monday, Mar 6
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Secretary Ben Carson delivers welcoming remarks to HUD employees.
Thursday, Mar 9
MUNICIPAL SECURITIES RULEMAKING BOARD
MSRB Webinar: Request for Comment on Draft Amendments to MSRB Rule G-21 on Dealer Advertising and on new Draft Rule G-40 on Municipal Advisor Advertising.
Thursday, Mar 9
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Investor Advisory Committee meeting to provide advice, recommendations, and oversight concerning support for environmental research and education. Committee will discuss dual-class shares and investors' financial capability and literacy. A
genda includes remarks from commissioners; discussion regarding SEC investor research initiatives, the FINRA 2016 Financial Capability Study, and academic research on financial literacy; discussion regarding unequal voting rights of common stock; report on the nonpublic administrative work session; and a nonpublic administrative work session during lunch.
Friday, Mar 10
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
The Office of the Investor Advocate's will hold a Commission Evidence Summit
to discuss ways to enhance retail investors' understanding of fees, returns, conflicts of interest and other investing concepts.
The event will market the launch of the OIA's new initiative POSITIER - Policy Oriented Stakeholder and Investor Testing for Innovative and Effective Regulation.The focus of the conference is to gather economic and scientific research to provide insights into investor behavior. It also hopes to "identify areas for possible future research to be conducted under the auspices of an investor research initiative led by the OIA."
Discussion topics include investor behavior; facilitating disclosure for a wide variety of users; and improving disclosure of discrete items such as fees, strategies and performance. Acting Chairman Michael Piwowar and Commissioner Kara Stein, the commission's only current members, will speak at the gathering.
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on the hill
Thursday, Mar 9
HOUSE HOMELAND SECURITY
Subcommittee on
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection hearing on "The Current State of DHS Private Sector Engagement for Cybersecurity."
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across the globe
Monday, Mar 6
VERSAILLES, France
French President François Hollande will host the leaders of Spain, Italy and Germany this week at a "mini-summit" to prepare for a larger EU meeting later in the month that will mark the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome.
Monday, Mar 6
PARIS, France
Taking place on International Women's Day, the OECD will host a conference on business, finance and gender,
including: gender differences in financial skills and behavior; how business can contribute to helping women working in the informal economy; and retirement income for women in the changing pensions landscape.
Tuesday, Mar 7
PARIS, France
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development presents its twice yearly interim economic assessment, including presentation of the near-term prospects for the G7 group of leading industrialised nations.
Their new report will also look closely at the factors underpinning global recovery as well as the policies needed to manage risks and strengthen the growth environment.
Tuesday, Mar 7
LONDON, England
Britain's upper, unelected House of Lords completes its scrutiny of the bill allowing Prime Minister Theresa May
to trigger Brexit and will debate further amendments, having already made one change to the wording that means the draft law will have to go back to the lower chamber, the House of Commons.
Wednesday, Mar 8 -
Thursday, Mar 9
HONG KONG
IOSCO's Committee 8 on Retail Investors meets.
Thursday, Mar 9
BRUSSELS, Belgium
European Council meeting.
Thursday, Mar 9
FRANKFURT, Germany
ECB Governing Council meeting followed by press conference,
interest rate announcement. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi is widely predicted to leave interest rates unchanged and reaffirm a pledge to continue asset purchases through the end of 2017. Australia, Peru, and Poland also set monetary policy this week.
Thursday, Mar 9 -
Friday, Mar 10
SYDNEY, Australia
IOSCO's Committee 2 on Regulation of Secondary Markets meets.
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other events
Monday, Mar 6 -
Tuesday, Mar 7
NEW YORK CITY
Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry
is speaking on innovation in the banking sector at the LendIt USA 2017 event, billed as "the world's biggest show in lending & fintech." Other speakers include
Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.).
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transparency. inclusiveness. consensus.
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The Association of Institutional INVESTORS is a member-led organization of institutional investment advisors that represents the interests of investors and strives to advance good practices and promote fair and efficient financial markets through open engagement with policy makers and others.
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Boston MA 02111-2660
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