Week InAdvance | Wed Aug 16FOMC releases July meeting minutes. NAFTA talks begin. | Thu Aug 17 Noon deadline to register for FINRA T+2 exercises. | Sat Aug 19 FINRA T+2 exercises.
Mon Aug 14, 2017
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Thursday, Sep 14
INVESTORS Market Practices Council Telecon
11 - 11:30 am EDT
Tuesday, Sep 19
INVESTORS Mortgage Securitization Council Telecon
3 - 3:30 pm EDT
Wednesday, Sep 20
INVESTORS CMBS Council Telecon
3 - 3:30 pm EDT
Tuesday, Sep 26
INVESTORS Legal & Regulatory Council Telecon
11 - 11:30 am EDT
Wednesday, Sep 27
INVESTORS Cyber Security Council Telecon
11 am - noon EDT
Wednesday, Sep 27
INVESTORS Monthly Members Meeting
4:30 - 5 pm EDT
for more info on INVESTORS Councils
Matthew Jones,
staff director
mjones@association.institutionalINVESTORS.org
(202) 712-9050
at the agencies
Wednesday, Aug 16
FEDERAL RESERVE
At 2 pm EDT, the Federal Open Market Committee will release the minutes from its July 25-26 policy meeting, at which the FOMC opted to leave its target interest rate unchanged at between 1 per cent and 1.25 per cent and stated it could begin to taper its $4.5tn balance sheet "relatively soon."
on the hill
House, Senate out for August recess.
other events
Wednesday, Aug 16 -
Sunday, Aug 20
WASHINGTON DC
The first round of formal North American Free Trade Agreement talks (with Canada and Mexico) on renegotiating and restructuring NAFTA.
Saturday, Aug 19
CONFERENCE CALL
FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) to conduct T+2 exercises. The self-regulatory organization has set forth guidelines, test frameworks and a conference line to help ease the transition to T+2.
If you would like to take part in the exercises, notify FINRA Market Operations via email - FINRAOperations@finra.org - no later than noon on Thursday, Aug. 17.
Include your firm name, MPID(s) to be used, names of testers and web usernames, if applicable.
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.