Week InAdvance | Mon 11/4  SEC forum on fintech innovation . Newly formed group in Dubai to set Davos agenda. | Tue 11/15  SEC weighs audit trail plan. | Wed 11/16 IOSCO/BIS seminar in Madrid.  Open FSOC meeting on asset management activities. | Thu 11/17 FSB plenary in London. APEC in Lima. INVESTORS CMBS Council meets . | Fri 11/18 MAS regtech forum in Singapore. ISDA CCP update in NYC.
14 Nov 2016
please join us...
Thursday, Nov 17
INVESTORS CMBS Council meeting
3 - 3:30 pm
for details...
Matthew Jones
Staff Director
mjones@association.institutionaINVESTORS.org
(202) 712-9050
at the agencies

Monday, Nov 14
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SEC Fintech Forum (public forum on financial technology innovation). Regulators, entrepreneurs and industry experts will discuss the impact on investors of blockchain technology, robo-advisors, online marketplace lending and crowdfunding. Speakers include Bo Lu, BlackRock; Jim Allen, CFA Institute; Brad Peterson, Nasdaq; Mark Wetjen, DTCC; SEC Chair Mary Jo White; SEC Commissioners Michael Piwowar and Kara Stein.

Tuesday, Nov 16
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
Open meeting (available via live webcast) to discuss final rule on recordkeeping for timely deposit insurance determination.

Tuesday, Nov 15
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Open meeting to decide  whether to sign off on a proposed national market system (NMS) plan to create, implement, and maintain a consolidated audit trail, which would track billions of daily orders and quotes to get to the bottom of what causes market disruptions. 

Wednesday, Nov 16
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) meets in both open and executive sessions. Preliminary agenda for the open session includes an update on the work of the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC), an update on the Council's review of asset management products and activities, and revisions to FSOC regulations under the Freedom of Information Act in accordance with the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016. Preliminary agenda for the executive session includes a presentation on stress tests of central counterparties (CCPs) conducted by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, a discussion of confidential data related to FSOC's review of asset management products and activities, and an update on the annual re-evaluation of the designation of a nonbank financial company.

Thursday, Nov 17
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Market Risk Advisory Committee open meeting (available via live webcast and teleconference) to discuss the Bank of England's central counterparties default fire drill. The CCP Risk Management subcommittee (CRM) will make  final recommendations on how CCPs can enhance  their efforts to prepare for a default of a significant clearing member.

Thursday, Nov 17
CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU
Field hearing in Salt Lake City, Utah to discuss consumer access to financial records discussion. CFPB Director Richard Cordray to speak.

Thursday, Nov 17
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation.  The forum will include remarks by SEC commissioners and a panel discussion that commissioners may attend. The panel discussion will explore how capital formation options are working for small businesses after the implementation of the JOBS Act.
on the hill

Tuesday, Nov 15
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Hearing on the Securities and Exchange Commission's agenda and FY18 budget request.  SEC Chair Mary Jo White is scheduled to testify.

Wednesday, Nov 16
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance hearing on "Modernizing Appraisals: A Regulatory Review and the Future of the Industry."

Thursday, Nov 17
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testifies on the economic outlook.
across the globe

Sunday, Nov 13 -
Monday, Nov 14
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates
The  inaugural gathering of the World Economic Forum's newly formed Network of the Global Future Councils, more than 700 thought leaders from business, government, civil society and academia. The Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils - set to be held in Dubai for the next two years - will set the agenda for the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, which hosts 2,000 high-profile leaders.

Monday, Nov 14 -
Friday, Nov 18
MARRAKESH, Morocco
The United Nations conference on climate change continues. The COP22 conference is a step towards implementing the 2015 Paris Agreement . U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is scheduled to attend this week. 

Monday, Nov 14 -
Friday, Nov 18
FRANKFURT, Germany
Euro Finance Week  "Brexit, Banking, Bubbles - Chances and Risks in the New Normal."

Tuesday, Nov 15 -
Wednesday, Nov 16
BASEL, Switzerland
Financial Stability Board's Analytical Group on Vulnerabilities (AGV) meets.

Wednesday, Nov 16 -
Friday, Nov 18
MADRID, Spain
International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the Bank for International Settlements / Basel Committee on Banking Supervision's Financial Stability Institute (FSI) hold a joint seminar "Trading book, market infrastructure and the culture of compliance."

Thursday, Nov 17
LONDON, U.K.
Financial Stability Board (FSB) plenary session. 

Thursday, Nov 17 -
Friday, Nov 18
MEXICO CITY, Mexico
International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Corporate Bond Markets Outreach Program.

Thursday, Nov 17 - 
Sunday, Nov 20
LIMA, Peru
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit. This year's theme is human capital development: education, labor, employment and innovation. Participants include World Trade Organization  Director-General Roberto Azevedo; Presidents Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping; U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry; Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe; Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of Australia, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

Friday, Nov 18
SINGAPORE
Monetary Authority of Singapore Regtech Forum,  with knowledge partner, the Institute of International Finance, as part of the week-long Singapore Fintech Festival. Participants include  leading regtech entrepreneurs, IIF members and regulators who will discuss the use of technology with regulation and compliance.
other events

Sunday, Nov 13 -
Tuesday, Nov 15
WASHINGTON D.C.
American Bankers Association Money Laundering Enforcement Conference. Speakers include C. Michael Raffa, chief AML officer and head of financial crimes at Santander Bank, Peter J. Neilsen, managing director in anti-money laundering compliance at JPMorgan Chase Bank and David Szuchman, head of global financial crime compliance at PayPal.

Monday, Nov 14
WASHINGTON, D.C.
RAND Corporation holds behavioral finance forum focused on ways to improve consumer welfare.

Monday, Nov 14 -
Tuesday, Nov 15
NEW YORK CITY
Bloomberg BNA conference to provide an introduction to U.S. taxation of financial products and derivatives.

Monday, Nov 14
Tuesday, Nov 15
WASHINGTON, D.C.
The World Bank holds 2016 Youth Summit with theme of rethinking education in 21st century.

Tuesday, Nov 15
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Brookings Institution event  "Do we have a liquidity problem post-crisis?" featuring Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer, 

Wednesday, Nov 16
BOSTON, Massachusetts
The Summit for Asset Management (TSAM) conference. 

Friday, Nov 18
NEW YORK CITY
International Swaps and Derivatives Association's "An Update on CCP Resilience, Recovery and Resolution."
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