The SEC is set to take final action on a Dodd-Frank Act requirement that companies disclose how compensation for their chief executive officers compares with pay for their typical employee. Commissioners will meet Wednesday to consider whether to adopt the proposed rule, which has drawn intense corporate opposition and equally strong pressure from groups advocating on behalf of workers. The SEC has delayed action on the measure for years, missing timelines outlined by Chair Mary Jo White. In addition to pay-ratio rules, the SEC will also consider whether or not to adopt rules imposing registration requirements on security-based swap dealers and major participants. The SEC first proposed the registration requirements in October 2011 in a 3-1 vote.
3 Aug 2015
Week InAdvance
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WEDNESDAY, AUG 12
3-3:30 pm ET
Systemic Risk Telecon

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week in brief
MONDAY, AUG 3
Fed Governor Jerome Powell, Treasury adviser Antonio Weill at the Brooking Institution to discuss U.S. bond market structure and how recent changes are affecting market liquidity, volatility, and overall safety and efficiency.

TUESDAY, AUG 4
Obama meets with UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. SEC Commissoner Daniel Gallagher speaks on agency's regulatory agenda at Chamber of Commerce event.

WEDNESDAY, AUG 5
The SEC will decide whether to adopt a rule that would force publicly traded companies to publish a ratio comparing their chief executive officers' reported pay with that of their typical worker.
at the agencies
WEDNESDAY, AUG 5
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Open meeting to discuss rules and proposals regarding security-based swap dealers and participants, and requiring public companies to disclose the ratio of the annual total compensation of the CEO to the median of the annual total compensation of the company's employees.
on the hill
MONDAY, AUG 3
SENATE BANKING, HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Full committee field hearing in Baton Rouge, LA on "Does Securities Investor Protection Corporation Have a Conflict of Interest?"

THURSDAY, AUG 6
SENATE HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs hearing on "Agency Progress in Retrospective Review of Existing Regulations. Testimony given by Department of Labor Associate Deputy Secretary for Policy Megan Uzzell.

House members are already gone for the August recess. The Senate is scheduled to adjourn sometime this week and return after the Sep. 7 Labor Day holiday.
around the globe
MONDAY, AUG 3
LONDON England
U.K. Financial Conduct Authority event on regulatory barriers to innovation in digital and mobile solutions. Event is aimed at payment services and systems, banks and credit unions and anti-money laundering and know-your-customer professionals.

MONDAY, AUG 3
KALGOORLIE Australia
Three-day "Diggers & Dealers" conference. Delegates from mining and exploration companies, brokers, bankers, investors, financiers and mining service industry. 

WEDNESDAY, AUG 5
BASEL Switzerland
International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) stakeholder day: Half-day stakeholder dialogue on ComFrame and capital standard development hosted by the Capital Development Working Group (CDWG) and Field Testing Working Group (FTWG). Half-day stakeholder dialogue on Insurance Core Principles (ICP) revisions and other supervisory material hosted by Insurance Groups Working Group (IGWG), Governance Working Group (GWG) and Market Conduct Working Group (MCWG).
other events
MONDAY, AUG 3
WASHINGTON DC
The Brookings Institution holds a discussion on "Are There Structural Issues in U.S. Bond Markets?" Speakers include Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell, who will speak on "The Structure and Liquidity of Treasury Bond Markets," and Counselor to the Treasury Secretary Antonio Weiss.

TUESDAY, AUG 4
KANSAS CITY Missouri
EGRPRA Outreach Meeting. Attendees include Comptroller of the Currency Thomas J. Curry, FDIC Vice Chairman Thomas M. Hoenig, and Michael S. Gibson, director of the Federal Reserve Board's Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation.

TUESDAY, AUG 4
WASHINGTON, DC
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness discussion with SEC Commissioner Daniel Gallagher.

THURSDAY, AUG 6
SAN FRANCISCO California
SIFMA Compliance & Legal Society Regional Seminar. Topics include developments in anti-money laundering and cybersecurity and intersections with traditional compliance programs, litigation and arbitration trends and regulatory priorities.

FRIDAY, AUG 7
NEW YORK New York
Twenty teams from Wall Street financial firms and elsewhere participate in "Midnight Madness," an all-night game on the streets of New York City, to benefit the Good Shepherd Services children's charity.