April 6, 2015 | Rules governing investor voting in corporate elections are a central topic at the SEC's Investor Advisory Committee on Thursday. The panel, created under the Dodd-Frank Act, may issue recommendations for new rules at its quarterly meeting when members get an update on the agency's Feb. 19 proxy voting roundtable. At that time, panelists clashed over whether the SEC should require universal ballots, with a corporate representative and attorneys arguing that they would be costly and lead to more proxy fights. Investor representatives said such ballots would level the playing field for those who can't attend shareholder meetings and who have to vote by proxy. Commissioners are split on the issue down party lines.
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INVESTORS' TELECONS
Wednesday, Apr. 8
3-3:30 pm | Systemic Risk Council
4-4:30 pm | Tax Policy Council

For call-in numbers and details: info@association.institutionalINVESTORS.org
the week in brief ...
Monday | New York Fed president speaks on the national and regional economy before a group of local business and community leaders in Newark.
Tuesday | HUD Secretary hosts housing affordability conference in Washington. Cato Institute holds housing policy forum.
Wednesday | Fed releases minutes of March 17-18 FOMC policy meeting. New York Fed president speaks about the economy at a Thomson Reuters event in New York. The IMF releases the analytical chapters of its Global Financial Stability Report.
Thursday | SEC Chair attends agency's Investor Advisory Committee quarterly meeting; agenda includes discussion of proxy access rule, proxy voting roundtable.
Friday | G20/OECD Corporate Governance Forum in Istanbul. SEC acting director of investment management, will speak at Mutual Fund Directors Forum's Annual Policy Conference in Washington.
Please see below for details on these and other events this week.
at the agencies
Tuesday, Apr. 7
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT | HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research, in partnership with Habitat for Humanity International and Enterprise Community Partners, hosts an evidence-based discussion on the challenges and opportunities for expanding housing affordability. HUD Secretary Julian Castro and Vice President Joe Biden will deliver remarks. (10am ET)
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY | Meeting of the Minority Depository Institutions Advisory Committee on steps the agency may be able to take to ensure the continued health and viability of minority depository institutions and other issues of concern to minority depository institutions. (8:30 am ET)
Wednesday, Apr. 8
FEDERAL OPEN MARKET COMMITTEE | The FOMC, the policy-making arm of the Federal Reserve, issues the minutes from the March 17-18 meeting. (1:45 pm ET)
Thursday, Apr. 9
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Meeting of the SEC's Investor Advisory Committee. (9:30 am ET)
  • Nomination and election of officers for new three-year terms effective June 12, 2015
  • Discussion of CFTC Investor Behavior Survey results
  • Discussion of background checks as a means to address elder financial abuse (which may include a recommendation)
  • Discussion of proxy access and staff review of Rule 14a-8(i)(9) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (which may include a recommendation
  • Update on SEC Proxy Voting Roundtable
  • Update on recommendations of the SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Closed meeting to consider institution and settlement of injunctive actions, institution and settlement of administrative proceedings, an adjudicatory matter, and other matters relating to enforcement proceedings. (2pm ET).
on the hill
SENATE AND HOUSE IN RECESS
across the globe
Wednesday, Apr. 8
LONDON | European Banking Authority Public Hearing | Topics include discussion paper on the future of the internal ratings-based regulatory framework.
Friday, Apr. 10
ISTANBUL | G20/OECD Corporate Governance Forum | Focus will be on presenting the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance -- currently being revised with a view to supporting sound financial markets that serve the real economy -- at the meeting of G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in September 2015.
other events
Monday, Apr. 6
NEWARK NJ | Newark Regional Business Partnership | Special Business Partner Roundtable and breakfast with William C. Dudley, President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
WASHINGTON DC | Brookings' Questioning the Legality and Legitimacy of Responses to the 2008 Financial Crisis | Topics include the Federal Reserve's rescue of Bear Stearns, TARP's unexpected turn to capital injections, the profusion of Fed facilities and the extended public ownership of AIG, Fannie and Freddie. 
Tuesday, Apr. 7
WASHINGTON DC | The Cato Institute holds a forum on "Did Affordable Housing Policy Cause the Financial Crisis and Can It Happen Again?"
Thursday, Apr. 9 - Friday, Apr. 10
WASHINGTON DC | Mutual Fund Directors Forum 2015 Policy Conference | Speakers include Andrew Bowden, director of the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (Thursday) and David Grim, the SEC's acting director of investment management (Friday).
Friday, Apr. 10
CHARLOTTESVILLE VA | Law & Business Symposium to Examine 1940 Acts on 75th Anniversary | Speakers include former MFS Investment Management Chairman Robert Pozen and SEC Commissioner Daniel M. Gallagher.
Transparency. Inclusiveness. Consensus.