Week inAdvance

Monday | Sep 16, 2024

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Mon Sep 16 UN Security Council briefing on Gaza. | Tue Sep 17 IOSCO CER plenary meets. OECD global climate forum. Mid-Autumn Festival (Chinese celebration). | Wed Sep 18 FOMC rate decision. SEC meets on Reg NMS. | Thu Sep 19 UK rate decision. | Fri Sep 20 Japan rate decision. | Sat Sep 21 World Alzheimer’s Day. | Sun Sep 22 UN Summit of the Future starts. NYC Climate Week begins.

All times are Eastern and subject to change.

Wednesday, Sep 18

INVESTORS CMBS industry update

10:30 - 11 am ET

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Tuesday, Sep 17

FEDERAL RESERVE

Federal Open Market Committee begins a two-day meeting on US interest rates.

Wednesday, Sep 18

FEDERAL RESERVE

Fed officials are expected to lower the US benchmark rate for the first time since 2020. Fed Chair Jerome Powell will hold a news conference.

Wednesday, Sep 18

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Meeting to consider whether to adopt amendments to certain rules of Regulation NMS under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to amend the minimum pricing increments for quoting certain NMS stocks, reduce the access fee caps, and enhance the transparency of better-priced orders. See the complete agenda here.

Thursday, Sep 19

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

The SEC's Investor Advisory Committee will host two panels:

• Investment advice: A history and update on who is required to serve in your best interest, and
• Key topics from securities litigation: Shareholder proposals and 'tracing' in Section 11 litigation.

The full agenda is available here.

Friday, Sep 20

FINANCIAL STABILITY OVERSIGHT COUNCIL

A meeting consisting only of an executive session. The preliminary agenda includes an update on the Inter-Agency Working Group on Treasury Market Surveillance, an update on FSOC's Climate-related Financial Risk Committee, a vote on additional members of the Council’s Climate-related Financial Risk Advisory Committee, the Council’s 2024 annual report, and the Council’s fiscal year 2025 budget.

Friday, Sep 20

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

Meeting to consider the following final guidance on the listing of voluntary carbon credit derivative contracts.

No hearings of note.

Tuesday, Sep 17

NAIROBI, Kenya (hybrid)

GLF Africa 2024: Greening the African Horizon will explore how Africa can tackle these challenges by harnessing the potential of its diverse landscapes and peoples.

Tuesday, Sep 17 -

Wednesday, Sep 18

MADRID, Spain

IOSCO General Secretariat's Committee on Emerging Risks (CER) Plenary Meeting.

Tuesday, Sep 17 -

Wednesday, Sep 18

PARIS, France

OECD's Global Forum on the Environment and Climate Change aims to promote dialogue and enhance understanding among a wide range of countries on key issues relevant to the international climate change negotiations and implementation of the Paris Agreement.

Thursday, Sep 19

LONDON UK

Bank of England officials meet on interest rates. Much of the focus is on the central bank’s QT strategy as it confronts a year of unusually high bond redemptions.

Friday, Sep 20

TOKYO, Japan

Bank of Japan officials meet on interest rates, with former policymakers signaling that the central bank may hike rates further or faster than many expect.

Monday, Sep 16

NEW YORK CITY

UN Security Council briefing and consultations on the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Monday, Sep 16

RENO, Nevada

Court hearings are set to begin in the Murdoch family succession saga.

Tuesday, Sep 16 -

Tuesday, Sep 24

NEW YORK CITY

The 79th session of the UN General Assembly continues in New York with Ukraine, the Middle East, and the South China Sea in focus. The first day for high-level general debate is Sept. 24.

Tuesday, Sep 17

September’s full moon is known as the Harvest Moon, but it’s so much more than that this time around. The full moon Tuesday will also be part of a partial lunar eclipse - plus, it’s a supermoon, the second of four consecutive supermoons this year.

Friday, Sep 20

TRIPLE WITCHING

Triple witching is a term referring to the third Friday of March, June, September, and December, when the quarterly expiration of stock options, stock index futures contracts, and stock index options contracts all occur on the same day.

Friday, Sep 20 -

Monday, Sep 23

NEW YORK CITY

At the UN's Summit of the Future, Nobel winners hit out at the removal of fossil fuels from the draft UN pact. Former Irish president Mary Robinson and Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus led objections ahead of the New York summit.