Week inAdvance

Monday | Nov 18, 2024

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Mon Nov 18 Group of 20 summit opens in Brazil. COP29 UN climate conference continues in Azerbaijan. IOSCO, BIS, FSI conference in Madrid. | Tue Nov 19 Basel Committee meets. Hong Kong sentencing. Australia's central bank issues policy minutes. | Wed Nov 20 BIS's FSI meets on financial inclusion. Regulatory oversight hearing in the House. ECB issues financial stability review. | Thu Nov 21 CFTC's GMAC meets. Fed's Barr speaks on banks and AI. | Fri Nov 22 NATO parliamentary session in Montreal. | Sat Nov 23 Labor Thanksgiving Day in Japan. | Sun Nov 13 'Stir Up Sunday' in the UK, when Christmas puddings and cakes are traditionally cooked

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All times are Eastern and subject to change.

Wednesday, Nov 20

INVESTORS CMBS industry update

4 - 4:15 pm ET

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Wednesday, Nov 20 -

Thursday, Nov 21

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, MUNICIPAL SECURITIES RULEMAKING BOARD, FINANCIAL INDUSTRY REGULATORY AUTHORITY

Joint Compliance Outreach Program for Municipal Market Professionals, jointly hosted by the SEC, MSRB, and FINRA is a two-day compliance outreach program for municipal market professionals that can be attended virtually or on location in Denver, Colorado.

Thursday, Nov 21

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

At a meeting of the CFTC's Global Markets Advisory Committee, GMAC will hear a presentation by the Tokenized Collateral workstream of the their Digital Asset Markets Subcommittee on expanding use of non-cash collateral through use of distributed ledger technology and consider a recommendation from the subcommittee. The meeting will also include a presentation by the Utility Tokens workstream of the Digital Asset Markets Subcommittee summarizing their work to-date on defining utility tokens and developing guidance for market participants.

Thursday, Nov 21

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CLEVELAND

Financial Stability Conference.

Wednesday, Nov 20

HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE

Hearing: "Oversight of Prudential Regulators." Witnesses:

• Michael Barr, Vice Chair for Supervision, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
• Martin J. Gruenberg, Chair, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Todd Harper, Chair, National Credit Union Administration
• Acting Comptroller Michael Hsu, Acting Comptroller, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Wednesday, Nov 20

SENATE BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

Subcommittee On Economic Policy hearing: "Tax Policy in 2025: Implications for the American Economy." Witnesses:

• Liz Shuler, President, AFL-CIO
• Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League
• Brendan Duke, Senior Director for Economic Policy, Center for American Progress

Monday, Nov 18 -

Tues, Nov 19

Brazil will host the G20 Summit, which will include G20 leaders and representatives from the African Union and EU at a time when the geopolitical climate is replete with risk. Joe Biden, Chinese President Xi Jinping, French President Emmanuel Macron, and British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer are expected to attend.

Monday, Nov 18 -

Tuesday, Nov 19

MADRID, Spain (virtual)

IOSCO and the Bank for International Settlements' Financial Stability Institute will hold a Webex conference. 

Monday, Nov 18 -

Friday, Nov 22

BAKU, Azerbaijan

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) continues. At the most significant climate event of the year, participants aim to establish a new global climate finance goal.

Tuesday, Nov 18 -

Friday, Nov 22

BAKU, Azerbaijan

The Extreme Hangout at COP continues. It has proven to be one of the largest and most popular experiences at the global United Nations Climate Conference of the Parties (COP).

Tuesday, Nov 19

BRUSSELS, Belgium

European Union foreign ministers meet.

Tuesday, Nov 19

HONG KONG

Mass sentencing of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy activists, some of whom face as long as life imprisonment over their national security law convictions.

Tuesday, Nov 19

BRUSSELS, Belgium

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is expected to address a special plenary session of the European Parliament to mark 1,000 days of Russia’s invasion.

Tuesday, Nov 19

HONG KONG

Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit hosted by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.

Tuesday, Nov 19

FRANKFURT, Germany

Green Finance Forum.

Wednesday, Nov 19

FRANKFURT, Germany

European Banking Congress, with ECB President Christine Lagarde among those set to speak.

Tuesday, Nov 19 -

Wednesday, Nov 20

BASEL, Switzerland

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision meets.

Tuesday, Nov 19 -

Friday, Nov 22

HAMMAMET, Tunisia

The 3rd annual Aquaculture Africa 2024 will bring together a wide variety of aquaculturists from the commercial, academic, government, and NGO sectors to celebrate the sector’s achievements and find solutions to some of its challenges.

Wednesday, Nov 20 -

Thursday, Nov 21

BASEL, Switzerland

The Bank for International Settlements' Financial Stability Institute will hold a workshop and a policy implementation meeting on financial inclusion.

Friday, Nov 22

MONTREAL, Canada

NATO Parliamentary Assembly annual session will feature 281 parliament members from 32 NATO member states addressing topics on the Euro-Atlantic defense and security agenda.

Thursday, Nov 21

WASHINGTON DC

Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael S. Barr will discuss Banks and Artificial Intelligence at the 2024 FinRegLab AI Symposium.