Week inAdvance
Monday | May 24, 2021
Mon May 24 EU leaders summit. Public holiday across most of continental Europe. | Tue May 25 Fed's Quarles gives Senate testimony. | Wed May 26 Wall Street CEOs in the Senate. Bigtech on CPMI's agenda. Blood supermoon & total lunar eclipse. | Thu May 27 Wall Street CEOs in the House. U.S. initial jobless claims, GDP, durable goods, pending home sales. | Fri May 28 G7 finance ministers, central bankers meet.

All times are Eastern and subject to change.
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Wednesday, May 26
INVESTORS cyber security industry update
11 - 11:30 am

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at the agencies
Monday, May 24 -
Thursday, May 27
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
The Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation will host the SEC's 40th Annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation.
on the hill
Monday, May 24
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship and Capital Markets virtual hearing entitled “Going Public: SPACs, Direct Listings, Public Offerings, and the Need for Investor Protections.”

Tuesday, May 25
SENATE BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Remote hearing entitled "The Semiannual Testimony on the Federal Reserve’s Supervision and Regulation of the Financial System." Testimony from Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Randal Quarles.

Wednesday, May 26
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing entitled "Consumer Credit Reporting: Assessing Accuracy and Compliance."

Wednesday, May 26
SENATE BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Remote hearing entitled Annual Oversight of Wall Street Firms.

Thursday, May 27
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES

Thursday, May 27
SENATE BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Subcommittee On Housing, Transportation, and Community Development remote hearing entitled "Housing for Native Americans: Review of Federal Programs, Barriers, and Opportunities."
across the globe
Monday, May 24 -
Tuesday, Jun 1
GENEVA, Switzerland
The 74th annual World Health Assembly, WHO’s decision-making body, will be attended by delegations from all WHO member states. The virtual event will focus on ending this pandemic and preventing the next.

Monday, May 24 -
Tuesday, May 25
BRUSSELS, Belgium
European Council leaders summit. In this special session leaders will discuss how to achieve the EU’s 2030 target of cutting greenhouse emissions. Other topics include the pandemic, the U.K., and Russia.

Tuesday, May 25 -
Wednesday, May 26
GENEVA, Switzerland (virtual)
World Economic Forum's second edition of the Virtual Ocean Dialogues on the global ocean action agenda.

Wednesday, May 26 -
Thursday, May 27
BASEL, Switzerland (virtual)
Committee on Payments & Market Infrastructures (CPMI) seminar on regulating bigtechs.

Thursday, May 27
GENEVA, Switzerland (virtual)
World Economic Forum's Climate Breakthroughs: The Road to COP26 and Beyond, a series of live-streamed discussions, will focus on steel, shipping, hydrogen and nature-based solutions and the breakthroughs needed to achieve a net-zero world in time. Hosted in collaboration with the Mission Possible Partnership, U.K. COP26 Presidency, and the UN High-Level Champions for COP26.

Thursday, May 27 -
Friday, May 28
BERLIN, Germany (virtual)
The Global Solutions Summit, the world policy forum, discusses responses to major global problems. Speakers on Friday include German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, and OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria.

Friday May 28
LONDON, U.K. (virtual)
U.K. Chancellor Rishi Sunak hosts a virtual meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bank governors ahead of the in-person June gathering.
other events
Tuesday, May 25
VIRTUAL EVENT
Bloomberg Live presents The Future of Sustainable Investing. The event will spotlight how financial services are contributing to the fight against global warming, and the momentum of sustainable fixed income investing.

Wednesday, May 26
The Blood Supermoon (also known as the “Flower Moon") is predicted to be the biggest and brightest supermoon of the year, with a total lunar eclipse accompanying it. The full moon reaches peak illumination at 7:14 am EDT on Wednesday. It will be very close to or below the horizon at this time, so plan to venture outdoors Tuesday or Wednesday night to get the best view. Find a location with unobstructed views of the horizon, if possible. See what time the Moon will be visible in your area with this Moonrise and Moonset Calculator.

Thursday, May 27
WASHINGTON DC (virtual)
The Institute of International Finance live-streams its IIF European Summit: “The Role of Financial Services in a Sustainable, Innovative, and Resilient Europe.”

Thursday, May 27
Orders for U.S. durable goods will reveal whether the robust rebound in U.S. manufacturing continued into April. Challenges remain as supply bottlenecks, shortages, and capacity constraints limit production.
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