Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
On Monday, Oct. 27 the Fed will hold a closed meeting for review and determination by the Board of Governors of the advance and discount rates to be charged by the Federal Reserve Banks. Read more.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 28-29, the Federal Open Market Committee ("FOMC"), the policy-making arm of the Fed, will hold a closed meeting in Washington, DC. Read more.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
On Friday, Oct. 31, the CFTC will hold a closed meeting on surveillance, enforcement, and examinations matters. Read more.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
On Wednesday, Oct. 29, the FDIC Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion ("ComE-IN") will hold an open meeting in Arlington, VA to review the results of the "FDIC's National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households," and safe banking products. Read more.
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
On Wednesday through Friday, Oct. 29-31, the MSRB will hold a closed meeting in Arlington, VA. The board will discuss comments received on its draft amendments to MSRB Rule G-37 to address potential pay-to-play activities by municipal advisers, as well as comment letters received on possible enhancements to post-trade transaction data that would be disseminated through a new central transparency platform. Other agenda items include the MSRB's long-range plan for market transparency products and the phased development of a central transparency platform for the municipal market. The board also will consider changes to the Facility for the Electronic Municipal Market Access ("EMMA") system to reflect the new category of disclosures concerning repurchases and replacements related to asset-backed securities. A summary of the board's actions will be sent to regulated entities and published on the MSRB website following the meeting. Read more.
Relevant Global Activity
Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 27-28
The 6th Financial Stability Conference will be held in Tilburg, Netherlands. Entitled "Financial Development, Financial Stability and Regulation: Lessons from the Present and the Past" attendees will discuss topics such as the evolution of bank supervision, the internal agency problem in banks and the evolution of the financial stability mandate. Read more.
Wednesday, Oct. 29
The International Capital Market Association ("ICMA") will hold the "ICMA Asset Management and Investors Council (AMIC) Meeting & Seminar" in London. Topics include re-launching growth in the current EU economic and regulatory environment. Read more.
Other Relevant Activity
Monday, Oct. 27
Mohamed A. El-Erian, chief economic adviser at Allianz, will deliver the Peterson Institute's 10th Whitman Lecture on "What Lies Ahead for the Global Economy: A BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Perspective" in Washington and via webcast. Read more.
Tuesday, Oct 28
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Center for Capital Market Competitiveness will hold a discussion on a new report dealing with risk-based pricing for consumer lending in Washington DC. Read more.
The Bipartisan Policy Center will hold a forum, "The Big Bank Theory: Breaking Down the Break-Up Argument" in Washington DC. Read more.
Wednesday, Oct. 29
The Practicing Law Institute's "Financial Services Industry Regulatory Compliance & Ethics Forum 2014" will be held in New York and via webcast. Speakers include Andrew M. Calamari of the SEC; Paula A. Bosco, New Mountain Capital chief regulatory counsel; and Ronald A. Holinsky, Lincoln Financial CCO. Read more.
Thursday, Oct. 30
The Fed, in partnership with the American Economic Association, will hold the "National Summit on Diversity in the Economics Profession" in Washington DC. Presidents and research directors of the Federal Reserve Banks and chairs of economics departments from around the country will attend. Speakers will include Janet Yellen, the Fed chair. Attendance is by invitation only, but there will be an online webcast of event. Read more.
