THE WEEK IN BRIEF | Monday 5/16 SEC's Form 13F deadline. | Tuesday 5/17 FINRA TRACE phone-in workshop| Wednesday 5/18  SEC to discuss Regulation D & 'accredited investor' definitionFed minutes from April FOMC meeting. INVESTORS' CMBS Council meets. | Thursday 5/19 House panel hearing on bank settlement agreements. | Friday 5/20 G7 finance ministers & central bank governors in Japan. | Please see below for details on these & other events.
16 May 2016
Week InAdvance
please join us...       
all times ET unless noted

Wednesday, May 18
CMBS Council monthly meeting
3 - 3:30 pm
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Last Wednesday of every month
INVESTORS Monthly Members Meeting
4:30 - 5 pm
Brief updates from all Council chairs.
All INVESTORS members are invited to listen in.

3rd Wednesday of every month
CMBS Council monthly meeting
3 - 3:30 pm

1st Thursday of every month
Mortgage Securitization Council monthly meeting
3 - 3:30 pm

2nd Thursday of every month
Market Practices Council monthly meeting
11 - 11:30 am
for details...
Matthew Jones
Staff Director
mjones@association.institutionalINVESTORS.org
(202) 712-9050
at the agencies
Monday, May 16
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
U.S. money managers with more than $100 million of U.S. traded equities must disclose their holdings in a Form 13F today - the deadline for first-quarter holdings. Most hedge funds file on the deadline day.

Wednesday, May 18
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
The Federal Open Market Committee releases the minutes from its April 26-27 meeting at 2 pm ET.

Wednesday, May 18
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies to discuss  Regulation D and the 'accredited investor' definition.
on the hill
Tuesday, May 17
SENATE FINANCE
Full committee hearing on "Integrating the Corporate and Individual Tax Systems: The Dividends Paid Deduction Considered."

Tuesday, May 17
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade hearing on "Interest on Reserves and the Fed's Balance Sheet."

Tuesday, May 17
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises hearing, "Legislative Proposals to Enhance Capital Formation, Transparency, and Regulatory Accountability,"  to examine three bills: one to ramp up the SEC's cost-benefit analysis requirements in rulemaking, another to update investment advisers' record-keeping requirements and a third overhauling regulations for proxy advisory firms.

Wednesday, May 18
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit hearing on the  Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's plan to ban arbitration  clauses in financial products: "Examining the CFPB's Proposed Rulemaking on Arbitration: Is it in the Public Interest and for the Protection of Consumers?"

Thursday, May 19
SENATE BANKING, HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment hearing on "Improving Communities and Businesses Access to Capital and Economic Development."

Thursday, May 19
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on " Settling the Question: Did Bank Settlement Agreements Subvert Congressional Appropriations Powers?"
across the globe
Tuesday, May 17
SINGAPORE
ISDA's "Getting Ready for Margining" conference.

Wednesday, May 18
SINGAPORE
ISDA's "Overview of Capital Regulations" conference.

Thursday, May 19
SYDNEY, Australia
ISDA's "Getting Ready for Margining" conference.

Friday, May 20
SYDNEY, Australia
ISDA's "Overview of Capital Regulations" conference.

Wednesday, May 18
HONG KONG
Belt and Road Summit. Includes panel sessions on policy across the so-called "belt and road initiative," aimed at improving business cooperation between East and West.

Wednesday, May 18
TORONTO, Ontario, Canada
American Bar Association's National Institute on U.S.-Canadian Securities Litigation. Enforcement directors Andrew Ceresney of the SEC, FINRA's Bradley Bennett, and the CFTC's Aitan Goelman are among the scheduled speakers.

Wednesday, May 18 -
Friday, May 20
DUBLIN, Ireland
ICMA Annual General Meeting and Conference. Speakers include Arunma Oteh, treasurer of the World Bank; Steven Maijoor, chairman of the European Securities and Markets Authority; and Martin Merlin, Director of DG FISMA, at the European Commission.

Friday, May 20 -
Saturday, May 21
SENDAI, Japan
G-7 finance ministers and central bank governors meet on Kashiko Island to discuss currency tensions, the limits of monetary policy, and the need for more fiscal spending. The meeting precedes the leaders' gathering May 26-27.
other events
Monday, May 16
NEW YORK CITY
Institute of International Bankers Annual Anti-Money Laundering Conference. A forum for international bankers and their legal and compliance advisers to hear the latest developments on this topic.

Tuesday, May 17
PHONE-IN WORKSHOP
FINRA will host a 75-minute TRACE phone-in workshop at 1:30 pm ET. On Monday, July 18, 2016, FINRA will implement changes and enhancements to TRACE trade reporting and dissemination. Register here.

Tuesday, May 17
NEW YORK CITY
Practising Law Institute's "The Volcker Rule 2016: What it Means for Financial Institutions and Markets."

Wednesday, May 18 -
Friday, May 20
WASHINGTON DC
Investment Company Institute hosts the "2016 General Membership Meeting." Keynote speakers include SEC Chair Mary Jo White; Walter Isaacson, author of "Steve Jobs;" and Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of New York City and founder/CEO of Bloomberg LP.