DIARY - Financial Regulation Events

Following are details of major scheduled financial regulation events, conferences and policy announcements.

September 27-30

BRUSSELS - Annual Eurofi symposium on financial regulation. Speakers include European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet, CFTC chairman Gary Gensler, Financial Services Authority chairman Adair Turner.

September 27

PARIS - Financial Stability Board meets, publishes peer review of Mexico. News conference at 1530 GMT with FSB Chairman Mario Draghi.

September 27

BRUSSELS - Representatives from the European Parliament, EU governments and the European Commission continue talks aimed at reaching a final deal on an EU law to regulate managers of hedge funds and private equity groups.

September 27

VIENNA - National supervisor FMA hosts conference on banking supervision. Speakers include EU Internal Market Commissioner Michel Barnier.

September 27

WASHINGTON - U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp votes on rules for dismantling large financial institutions that are failing.

September 30-31

BRUSSELS - European Union finance ministers hold two-day informal meeting to financial regulation such as accounting and future role of credit rating agencies in determining bank capital requirements.

September 30

WASHINGTON - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, FDIC Chair Sheila Bair and Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Schapiro testify to Senate Banking committee on implementing financial reform.

September

BRUSSELS - European Commission to propose end date for migrating all national payments systems to new single euro payments area system.

September

BRUSSELS - European Commission to put forward proposals for toughening up sanctions against firms that breach EU financial services rules as part of review of EU rules on market abuse.

September

BRUSSELS - European Commission to propose new law to simplify and clarify legal ownership of securities.

October 1

BASEL, Switzerland - Responses are due to two consultation papers on capital standards -- one from the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision on the loss absorbency of regulatory capital, the other from the Committee of European Banking Supervisors.

October 1

WASHINGTON - U.S Financial Stability Oversight Council holds first meeting.

October 1

WASHINGTON - U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission holds public meeting on derivatives.

October 6

BRUSSELS - European Union to unveil plans to strengthen its single market.

October 8

LONDON - Responses due to UK Treasury consultation on proposed bank levy.

October 22-23

GWANGJU, South Korea - G20 finance ministers meet to prepare for G20 summit in November.

October

BRUSSELS - The European Commission is expected to propose measures on responsible lending and borrowing and best practices in mortgage foreclosure.

October

BRUSSELS - European Commission to propose a "communication" or policy document for a framework for cross-border crisis resolution with legislation to follow in early 2011.

October

BASEL, Switzerland - Financial Stability Board expected by the end of month to develop policy framework to address moral hazard risks associated with systemically important financial institutions.

November 11-12

SEOUL - G20 summit to discuss financial regulation, including how to tackle systemically important banks and endorse new Basel III bank capital and liquidity rules.

December

BRUSSELS - European Commission to propose fourth revision of the EU's bank capital requirements directive to include a leverage ratio, tougher definition of capital liquidity rules, extra capital buffers.

First quarter 2011

BRUSSELS - European Commission expected to come forward with proposals to reform the EU Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) and the EU Markets Abuse Directive (MAD) to ensure both sets of rules cover OTC derivatives as well. Amendments will also look at sanctions and pre and post trade transparency.

Second quarter 2011

BASEL, Switzerland - The Financial Stability Board undertakes a second review of how its principles on curbing excessive bank compensation are being applied in G20 countries.

2011

G20 deadline for agreement on convergence of accounting rules set by IASB and U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).

2011

BRUSSELS - European Commission to propose fifth round of revisions to its mutual funds legal framework (UCITS) to improve investor protection and apply lessons from the Madoff fraud.

End 2011

Implementation of higher capital requirements introduced for bank trading books as required by the Basel Committee.

End 2012

Deadlines for implementing G20 pledge to centrally clear and report off-exchange traded derivatives.

January 2013

BASEL, Switzerland - Start of roll out of Basel III bank capital and liquidity rules.

(Editing by Ruth Pitchford)