The public sessions of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) opened on Thursday with special focus on Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) access to funding through capital markets.
Members also explored the sale of unsuitable products to retail investors; the challenges of Fintech and digitalization, and the shift from active to passively managed collective investment schemes.
The ongoing 43rd Annual Conference in Budapest is centred round issues facing securities market regulators and supervisors.
According to IOSCO, the Magyar Nemzeti Bank, the Hungarian central bank, hosted the 2018 Annual Conference, which attracted 650 securities regulators, industry representatives and other financial market participants from around the world.
Ashley Alder, Chair of the IOSCO Board, said: “IOSCO members have taken important steps this week to advance IOSCO´s priority work in focus areas such as market resilience, financial technologies, and information sharing among securities market regulators, while addressing the biggest risks to investor protection, market integrity and financial stability.”
