Week inAdvance

Monday | Mar 13, 2023

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Mon Mar 13 Biden meets with UK & Australia PMs. | Tue Mar 14 US CPI. | Wed Mar 15 SEC meets on Regulations SCI & S-P, and cyber risk. UK budget. | Thu Mar 16 Senate Finance budget hearing. | Fri Mar 17 St. Patrick's Day in numerous countries. | Sun Mar 19 'Mothering Sunday' (also known as mother’s day) in the UK.

All times are Eastern and subject to change.

Wednesday, Mar 15

INVESTORS CMBS industry update

4 - 4:15 pm

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Wednesday, Mar 15

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

The SEC will consider whether to propose

1. Amendments to rules under Regulation S-P to require brokers and dealers, investment companies, and investment advisers registered with the SEC to adopt written policies and procedures for incident response programs to address unauthorized access to or use of customer information, including procedures for providing timely notification to certain affected individuals.
2. A new rule and form and certain related rule and exemptive order amendments under the Exchange Act to require certain registrants under the Exchange Act to address their cybersecurity risks through policies and procedures, notification and reporting to the SEC, public disclosure, and record retention.
3. Amendments to Regulation SCI under the Exchange Act to expand the scope of entities subject to Regulation SCI and to update certain provisions of Regulation SCI.

See the complete agenda here.

Thursday, Mar 16

SENATE BANKING, HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

Hearing: "Local Views on Public Transportation, Transit Infrastructure and Operations, and Federal Transit Programs."

Thursday, Mar 16

SENATE FINANCE

Hearing: "The President’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget with Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen."

Monday, Mar 13 -

Wednesday, Mar 15

DUBLIN, Ireland

The 3rd Global Soil Biodiversity Conference, a summit of the world’s soil biodiversity researchers, educators and policy supporters of the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative. This year’s conference has the theme of “Science as a basis for the sustainable use and conservation of soil biodiversity” and follows previous conferences in Dijon, France (2014) and Nanjing, China (2017).

Monday, Mar 13 -

Thursday, Mar 23

KOREAN PENINSULA

The US and South Korea are scheduled to hold their Freedom Shield exercises.

Tuesday, Mar 14

BRUSSELS, Belgium

Brussels unveils its Net Zero Industry Act as part of its wider Green Deal Industrial Plan, loosening rules on state aid and potential EU-level subsidies.

Tuesday, Mar 14

GENEVA, Switzerland (hybrid)

UNEP-WTO informal roundtable – Nature-positive trade for sustainable development – to examine how trade-related policies and measures can support the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

Tuesday, Mar 14 -

Wednesday, Mar 15

BASEL, Switzerland

IMF policy implementation meeting.

Tuesday, Mar 14 -

Thursday, Mar 16

GENEVA, Switzerland

World Economic Forum's Industry Strategy Meeting: Scaling Responsible Transformation in a Complex World will convene Chief Strategy Officers from across 20+ industry communities and senior representatives from governent, academia and civil society to forge new collaborations and partnerships.

Wednesday, Mar 15

VIRTUAL

PRI webinar: How to prepare for the 2023 PRI reporting cycle will provide an overview of the 2023 Reporting Framework, including key changes compared to the 2021 pilot, what to report on (based on signatory type), and the resources available to prepare ahead of the reporting period.

Wednesday, Mar 15

LONDON, UK

Mayors from around the world to meet for first ever Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit, co-hosted by the UN World Health Organization (WHO).

Wednesday, Mar 15

TOKYO, Japan

The Bank of Japan will announce the outright purchase amount of government securities.

Thursday, Mar 16

FRANKFURT, Germany (virtual)

The ISSB will meet to discuss the International Applicability of the SASB Standards project, which has been added to the IFRS Foundation work plan.

Thursday, Mar 16

FRANKFURT, Germany

Eurozone rate decision, with ECB President Christine Lagarde holding a press conference.

Monday, Mar 13

SAN DIEGO, California

US President Joe Biden meets with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, for talks on the Aukus defence pact, including whether to help Canberra build its first nuclear-powered submarines.

Thursday, Mar 16

VIRTUAL

Microsoft will unveil its next set of AI announcements related to “workplace productivity.”