Week inAdvance
Monday | Mar 22, 2021
Mon Mar 22 SEC'S 'Pride in the Federal Workplace.' Inaugural BIS Innovation Summit. | Tue Mar 23 Yellen, Powell in the House. | Wed Mar 24 Yellen, Powell Senate hearing. ESMA risk forum. Art Basel. | Thu Mar 25 Tech CEOs testify in the House. EU leaders summit. | Fri Mar 26 U.S. consumer income.

All times are Eastern and subject to change.
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Wednesday, Mar 31
INVESTORS cyber security industry update
11 - 11:30 am

Wednesday, Mar 31
INVESTORS council chair roundtable
4 - 4:15 pm

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at the agencies
Monday, Mar 22
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Pride in the Workplace, an inter-agency event to explore the distinguished careers of several out LGBTQ+ professionals in the federal government and discuss their careers in the federal government, challenges faced by out LGBT professionals, and career practice pointers. Co-sponsored by Treasury, Fed, OCC, FDIC, CFPB, and NCUA.

Monday, Mar 22
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK
ARRC (Alternative Reference Rates Committee) Sofr symposium will cover Libor endgame announcements, Sofr developments, and 2021 priorities. The event will open with remarks by Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair Randal K. Quarles, as well as a moderated discussion by chairs of the U.S. and U.K. working groups, ARRC Chair Tom Wipf and Sterling Working Group on Risk-Free Reference Rates Chair Tushar Morzaria.
on the hill
Tuesday, Mar 23
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Oversight of the Treasury Department's and Federal Reserves pandemic policies. Testimony from Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

Wednesday, Mar 24
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and Insurance hearing on examining public housing in a pandemic.

Wednesday, Mar 24
SENATE BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Remote hearing on the quarterly CARES act report to Congress. Testimony from Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

Thursday, Mar 25
HOUSE ENERGY AND COMMERCE
Virtual hearing featuring tech CEOs. Jack Dorsey of Twitter, Sundar Pichai of Google parent Alphabet, and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook are scheduled to face lawmakers' questions about the misinformation and disinformation plaguing online platforms.

Thursday, Mar 25
SENATE FINANCE
Virtual hearing on how U.S. international tax policy impacts American workers, jobs, and investment.

Thursday, Mar 25
SENATE BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Hearing on the American Rescue Plan.

Thursday, Mar 25
SENATE BUDGET
Hearing on ending a rigged tax code.
across the globe
Monday, Mar 22 -
Tuesday, Mar 23
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia
African finance ministers meet at a two-day conference hosted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.

Monday, Mar 22 -
Wednesday, Mar 24
ROME, Italy
G20 finance track meetings. Monday: 3rd Infrastructure Working Group Meeting. Tuesday: 1st Global Partnership For Financial Inclusion Meeting. 3rd International Financial Architecture Working Group Meeting. Wednesday: 3rd International Financial Architecture Working Group Meeting. 

Monday, Mar 22 -
Thursday, Mar 25
BASEL, Switzerland
Bank for International Settlements inaugural BIS Innovation Summit on payments and central bank digital currencies will virtually feature senior policymakers and business leaders, and focus on central bank innovation in the digital age. Participants include Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, New York Fed President John Williams, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, and Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey.

Tuesday, Mar 23 -
Wednesday, Mar 24
PARIS, France
OECD Global Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum 2021 will explore the new integrity risks, challenges, and opportunities that have arisen in the Covid-19 context in a virtual setting.

Wednesday, Mar 24
PARIS, France
Webinar on ESMA's first 2021 report on trends, risks and vulnerabilities, which analyzes the impact of Covid-19 on financial markets during the second half of 2020 and highlights the increasing credit risks linked to significant corporate and public debt overhang, as well as the risks linked with investments in non-regulated crypto-assets.

Wednesday, Mar 24 -
Saturday, Mar 27
BASEL, Switzerland
Art Basel’s billionaire art fair in Switzerland is postponed until September. In its place will be three online viewing rooms. The first begins today and features artists who’ve “broken new ground.”

Thursday, Mar 25 -
Friday, Mar 26
BRUSSELS, Belgium
EU Leaders Summit includes topics ranging from Covid, industrial policy, digital transformation and the economy, the situation in the eastern Mediterranean, and relations with Russia.

Thursday, Mar 25 -
Tuesday, Mar 30
BRUNEI
Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states are scheduled to meet virtually.
other events
Tuesday, Mar 23
Bloomberg Live presents “The future of sustainable investing: pursuing the right ESG strategy.”

Thursday, Mar 25
WASHINGTON DC
The IIF Washington Policy Summit. U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry and Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida will participate.

Friday, Mar 25
February U.S. personal income and spending data comes in the wake of $600 stimulus checks but before the latest round of $1,400 payments began hitting Americans’ bank accounts. Spending may have been constrained by severe winter weather across much of the U.S. in February.
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