By Modupe Gbadeyanka
Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will join others for the third annual World Investor Week (WIW) from September 30 to October 6, 2019.
The event, organized by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), is to promote investor education and protection, highlighting the various initiatives of securities regulators in these two critical areas.
Given today’s digital environment, the WIW 2019 includes key messages regarding online investing, digital assets and Initial Coin Offerings, as well as re-emphasizing the basics of investing.
SEC and other IOSCO members, will during week-long, global campaign, provide in their jurisdictions, a wide variety of activities such as launching publications or services, promoting contests and organizing workshops, conferences and other events. Many members leverage the event to organize further investor education activities throughout the year.
Chairman of IOSCO Board and CEO of Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, Ashley Alder, while commenting on this year’s forthcoming programme, stated that, “I welcome this third edition of the World Investor Week which evidences IOSCO’s continuous efforts and commitment to investor education and protection, encouraging new initiatives among IOSCO members and preparing them for dealing with the challenges of increasingly interconnected and digitalized capital markets.”
At the 2018 edition, IOSCO members and stakeholders from some 90 jurisdictions on six continents undertook a range of activities, such as offering investor-focused information and services, promoting contests to increase awareness of investor education initiatives, organizing workshops and conferences and launching local/national campaigns in their jurisdictions.
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