AFSA

28 September 2023 07:46:45

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) will celebrate its seventh annual World Investor Week (WIW), from 2 to 8 October 2023.

This year, the WIW campaign will focus on three main themes: Investor Resilience, Crypto Assets, and Sustainable Finance, which the IOSCO Board has identified as particularly relevant given current and expected global market conditions. Other themes cover Frauds and Scams Prevention, Basics of Investing, Technology and Digital Finance.

World Investor Week (WIW) is a week-long, global campaign promoted by IOSCO to raise awareness about the importance of investor education and protection and highlight the various initiatives of securities regulators in these two critical areas. In October, IOSCO securities regulators and other IOSCO members on six continents will provide a range of activities, such as launching investor-focused communications and services, promoting contests to increase awareness of investor education initiatives, organising workshops and conferences, and conducting local and national campaigns in their own jurisdictions.

This year IOSCO is going to hold an array of global events, including:

• WIW Global Webinar on Sustainable Finance in the context of Investor Education and Investor Protection. More details can be found here.
• Global Webinar on Investor Resilience. More details can be found via this link.
• World Financial Planning Day. More details are here.
• WIW Global Webinar on Crypto-Assets in the Context of Investor Education and Protection. More details can be found here.
• WIW Global Webinar on challenges for Investor Education and Investor Protection in the context of digitalisation. More details are via this link.

This year AFSA is going to hold a social media campaign to emphasise the importance of developing and maintaining healthy investor habits and behaviour that promote responsibility and accountability.