IOSCO Programs
2015 IOSCO Seminar Training Program, Madrid, Spain, 20-23 October 2015
The Annual IOSCO Seminar Training Program took place from 20-23 October 2015 at IOSCO's premises in Madrid, Spain. The program was fully booked with over 100 participants, representing over 50 different jurisdictions.
In response to the increasing interest from IOSCO members in investor education related topics, the theme of the program was "Investor Education and Protection – The Major Challenges Ahead". The program provided for some very fruitful discussions between regulators as well as researchers and academics on issues such as:
- the changing scope / role of regulation
- financial literacy and education: global scope of the problem and ramifications for securities regulators
- strategies for enhancing investor protection
- challenges facing investor protection (including cybercrime and digital disruptions)
- role of the regulators in designing and implementing investor education and financial literacy programs
- working with the private sector on investor education and financial literacy issues
- transparency and disclosure in financial markets
- investment advice and issues of mis-selling
- investor education and prevention of fraud
- complaint-handling and recourse for investors
- alternative dispute resolution
- how to design your investor education program as a regulator
