'Investor Education: Rebuilding the Trust of the Global Investing Public' Will Be Focus of Third Joint IOSCO/IFIE Conference

Investor Education More Important Than Ever As Rebuilding Begins Following Global Financial Crisis

WASHINGTON, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- As markets look to rebuild following the market downturn and the tightening of credit, investor education will play an even more important role than it has previously. To that end, the International Forum for Investor Education (IFIE) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) will hold their third joint investor education conference 8-9 November 2010 in Cairo, Egypt.  The IFIE/IOSCO conference will be hosted by the Egyptian Financial Services Authority (EFSA).

Experts from the world's leading regulatory organizations, stock exchanges, and financial firms will provide attendees with information on techniques for delivering and evaluating investor education programmes to the role investor education plays in capital market development and the psychology of investing.  A wide array of topics will seek to inform attendees, provide them with resources to start or improve investor education within their countries and organizations, and allow them to share and learn from one another's experience.

With the theme "Investor Education:  Rebuilding the Trust of the Global Investing Public," the IFIE/IOSCO investor education conference will take place at the Conrad Cairo Hotel in the heart of downtown Cairo, overlooking the Nile River and nearby Cairo's many attractions, including the Pyramids and the Sphinx.  

Attendance at the conference will be limited to 150 so early registration is strongly encouraged.  Details -- including early-bird conference rates available through 16 September 2010 and conference program– are available online at http://www.ifie.org/2010conference, where registration is now open.

Program highlights will include:

• Welcoming Remarks – Dr. Ahmed Saad Abdel-Latif, chairman, IFIE Middle East North Africa (MENA) and chair, IFIE Regional Committee, and chair, Conference Host Committee;
• Keynote Speaker - "Rebuilding the Trust of the Global Investing Public" - Greg Tanzer, secretary general, IOSCO;
• Panel:  Perceptions of Investor/Financial Education as Key to Rebuilding Trust;
• Panel:  Innovative and Effective Programmes That Build Trust - What Impact Do Such Programmes Have;
• Conversation/Roundtable - Media as Partners in Extending Reach and Awareness for Investor Education;
• Panel:  Innovative Techniques for Delivering/Evaluating Programmes;
• Keynote Speaker – "Integrating Investor Education Into Every Aspect of a Regulator's Work"  - Commissioner M S Sahoo, Securities and Exchange Board of India; and
• Keynote Speaker - "Investor Education as a Fundamental Aspect of Capital Market Development" - Kun Ho Hwang, Chairman, Korea Financial Investment Association, Korea Council for Investor Education, and the Asia Forum for Investor Education (AFIE).

IFIE and IOSCO held their first joint conference in Madrid in 2007.  The second joint conference of the two groups took place in Washington, D.C., in 2009.

ABOUT THE GROUPS

Chartered in 2005, the International Forum for Investor Education (http://www.ifie.org) is a unique alliance that brings together private sector and public sector providers of investor education to improve the global standards for investor education. The Forum is accomplishing this objective by serving as a clearinghouse for the exchange of information between providers of investor education from different jurisdictions, including organizations that are just beginning  to develop investor education programs.   IFIE enables providers of investor education to learn about investment products and the investment process in the international financial market and about investor education programs globally.  In addition, IFIE encourages providers of investor education to remain current with trends in investor education by disseminating relevant research and other materials in membership meetings and via a dedicated Web site and other channels.

The member agencies currently together in the International Organization of Securities Commissions (http://www.iosco.org) have resolved, through its permanent structures: to cooperate together to  promote high standards of regulation in order to maintain just, efficient and sound markets; to exchange information on their respective experiences in order to promote the development of domestic markets;  to unite their efforts to  establish standards and an effective surveillance of international securities transactions; to provide mutual assistance to promote the integrity of the markets by a rigorous application of the standards and by effective enforcement against offenses.

SOURCE International Forum for Investor Education (IFIE) and International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)