Week inAdvance
Monday | Feb 15, 2021
Mon Feb 15 U.S. celebrates Presidents’ Day. Financial markets closed. | Tue Feb 16 SEC Form 13F deadline. Shrove Tuesday, Carnival, and Mardi Gras celebrations will be greatly restricted this year. | Wed Feb 17 Fed minutes. ESMA clearers workshop. | Thu Feb 18 House hearing on GameStop and other stocks caught up in recent market volatility. Senate hearing on an equitable recovery from Covid. | Fri Feb 19 Group of Seven virtual meeting.

All times are Eastern and subject to change.
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Wednesday, Feb 17
INVESTORS CMBS industry update
4 - 4:15 pm

Come when you can. Leave when you have to. Take your calls.
at the agencies
Tuesday, Feb 16
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Quarterly deadline for money managers who oversee $100 million or more of securities to file a Form 13F with the SEC.

Wednesday, Feb 17
FEDERAL RESERVE
Release of minutes from the January 26-27 meeting of the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) should provide insight into current thinking on economic recovery and inflation.
on the hill
Thursday, Feb 18
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Hearing on recent Reddit-fueled stock volatility, likely putting hedge funds and firms such as Robinhood Markets on the hotseat. Executives from Robinhood, Reddit, Melvin Capital, and Citadel are expected to testify. Keith Gill, the trader known as “Roaring Kitty” who emerged as one of the key players in the GameStop trading, is also scheduled to appear.

Thursday, Feb 18
SENATE BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Hearing on the coronavirus crisis and paving the way to an equitable recovery.
across the globe
Monday, Feb 15
GENEVA, Switzerland
The World Trade Organization is set to confirm Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as its new director-general. She’ll become the first woman and the first African to lead the WTO in its 25-year history.

Monday, Feb 15
BRUSSELS, Belgium
Euro-area finance ministers discuss the international role of the euro and macro-economic developments during the pandemic.

Tuesday, Feb 16
BRUSSELS, Belgium
Euro-area finance ministers discuss the bloc’s current economic situation and outlook based on the European Commission’s winter forecast.

Wednesday, Feb 17
PARIS, France
ESMA (European Securities and Markets Authority) workshop for clearers to "shine a light" on how clearing houses coped during record volumes of trading when economies went into lockdowns last year to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

Wednesday, Feb 17 -
Thursday, Feb 18
BASEL, Switzerland
EMEAP (Executives' Meeting of East Asia and Pacific Central Banks) virtual meeting on the supervision of credit risk and problem banks in a post-pandemic world.

Wednesday, Feb 17 -
Thursday, Feb 18
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates
AMF (Arab Monetary Fund) virtual meeting on risk-based supervision during Covid-19 pandemic.

Thursday, Feb 18 -
Friday, Feb 19
ROME, Italy
G20 2nd International Financial Architecture Working Group virtual meeting (finance track).

Friday, Feb 19
LONDON, U.K.
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will host a virtual meeting of the Group of Seven leaders to form a united front in the fight against the coronavirus and to start crafting a joint strategy on China.
other events
Thursday, Feb 18
WASHINGTON DC
U.S. Climate Finance Summit, hosted by the Institute of International Finance, will bring together CEOs from leading banks, insurers, and asset managers, along with climate experts from across the scientific and academic community to chart a course on U.S. climate policy. See the complete agenda here.
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