Week inAdvance

Monday | Apr 17, 2023

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Mon Apr 17 NOCCA23. Boston Marathon. Fox-Dominion trial. | Tue Apr 18 EU leaders meet on future financial regs. US federal tax day. | Wed Apr 19 Beige Book. | Thu Apr 20 Solar eclipse in the southern hemisphere. | Fri Apr 21 FSOC meeting. The Muslim festival of Eid marks the end of Ramadan; financial markets closed in several Middle Eastern countries including Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan. | Sat Apr 22 Earth Day. | Sun Apr 23 London Marathon.

All times are Eastern and subject to change.

Wednesday, Apr 19

INVESTORS CMBS industry update

4 - 4:15 pm ET

Come when you can. Leave when you have to. Take your calls.

Tuesday, Apr 18

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

It’s federal tax day in the US and also the IRS quarterly tax filing deadline.

Wednesday, Apr 19

FEDERAL RESERVE

Fed releases its third Beige Book of the year, its economic survey based on anecdotal reports from the 12 district banks. The prior version said the US economy proved resilient at start of 2023.

Friday, Apr 21

FINANCIAL STABILITY OVERSIGHT COUNCIL

The preliminary agenda for the executive session includes:

• An update on market developments
• An update on the FSOC's Hedge Fund Working Group
• An update on the work of the Council’s Nonbank Mortgage Servicing Task Force
• FSOC's proposed analytic framework for financial stability risk identification, assessment, and response, and the their proposed guidance on nonbank financial company designations

The preliminary agenda for the public session includes:

• FSOC’s proposed analytic framework for financial stability risk identification, assessment, and response
• FSOC's proposed guidance on nonbank financial company designations

Tuesday, Apr 18

HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE

Hearing: "Oversight of the Securities and Exchange Commission." Testimony from SEC Chair Gary Gensler. The hearing is said to pertain to Gensler’s rule-making and approach to digital assets.

Tuesday, Apr 18

HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

Subcommittee on Trade hearing: "Countering China's Trade and Investment Agenda: Opportunities for American Leadership."

Tuesday, Apr 18

SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE

Hearing: "A Rigged System: The Cost of Tax Dodging by the Wealthy and Big Corporations."

Wednesday, Apr 19

HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE

Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion hearing: "Understanding Stablecoins' Role in Payments and the Need for Legislation."

Wednesday, Apr 19

HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

Hearing: "The US Tax Code Subsidizing Green Corporate Handouts and the Chinese Communist Party."

Wednesday, Apr 19

SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE

Hearing: "The President’s Fiscal Year 2024 IRS Budget and the IRS’s 2023 Filing Season."

Monday, Apr 17 -

Wednesday, Apr 19

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (hybrid)

The 6th Nordic Conference on Climate Change Adaptation (NOCCA23) will host a mix of plenary sessions and workshops focused on climate change adaptation in Nordic cities and municipalities.

Tuesday, Apr 18

VIRTUAL

PRI webinar: Stepping up on biodiversity: how are investors taking action since COP15?

Tuesday, Apr 18

ESTONIA

Exercise Locked Shields, a NATO-led cyber war game with more than 38 nations taking part, begins. This annual exercise enables cyber security experts to enhance their skills in defending national IT systems and critical infrastructure under real-time attacks.

Tuesday, Apr 18 -

Wednesday, Apr 19

BRUSSELS, Belgium

The European Commission, European Parliament, and European Council will meet to reach an agreement on some key aspects of future financial regulations that Europe's largest stock exchange operators and trade associations have been unable to agree on. The issues that have generated conflicting positions include a ban on payment for order flow and the design of a European consolidated tape.

Wednesday, Apr 19

LONDON, UK

Chatham House exhibition In conversation with the future is aimed at fostering ideas for sustainability.

Thursday, Apr 20

FRANKFURT, Germany

ECB issues report on March policy meeting, at which the central bank lifted its benchmark rate by 50 bps at the session to 3.5%, the highest since 2008.

Monday, Apr 17

MASSACHUSETTS

The 127th Boston Marathon is run from Hopkinton to Boylston Street in downtown Boston on Patriot’s Day. Men’s world record holder Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya will run Boston for the first time.

Monday, Apr 17

GEORGETOWN, Delaware

Fox Corp. chair Rupert Murdoch is expected to be called to the witness stand in Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation suit against his company. A judge ruled that Murdoch and other executives could be called as witnesses.

Saturday, Apr 22

THE PLANET

53rd Earth Day events around the world with the theme of “invest in our planet”.