World Investor Week 2019 starts in AIFC
From 30 September to 6 October 2019 the Astana International Financial Centre will hold the World Investor Week in order to raise awareness on consumers protection, investors education, financial services and to highlight the opportunities for doing business in AIFC, the press service of the AIFC reports.
World Investor Week is held annually under the auspices of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and over 80 jurisdictions from 6 continents celebrate it. IOSCO is the international organisation that brings together the world's securities regulators. Its membership regulates more than 95% of the world's securities markets in more than 115 jurisdictions.
Holding the World Investor Week reflects AIFC's commitment to the IOSCO’s global standards for the protection of the financial services consumers. Last year, more than 3,500 participants in 7 cities of Kazakhstan took part in the 2018 World Investor Week in AIFC.
This year, the events within the World Investor Week will be held from 30 September to 6 October in 6 cities of Kazakhstan as part of the national campaign called Investor Awareness Roadshow: 30 September – Petropavlovsk; 1 October – Aktau; 2 October – Karaganda; 3 October – Turkestan; 4 October – Almaty; 6 October – Nur-Sultan.
The 2019 World Investor Week in AIFC envisages presentations and information sessions for potential consumers of financial services, academic and business circles.
The Islamic Finance Week is also planned to be held within the 2019 World Investor Week in AIFC. Master classes and trainings will be held on actual issues of the Islamic finance industry development in Kazakhstan and over the world. The Week will be completed by annual Islamic Finance Day conferences in Almaty (4 October) and Nur-Sultan (6 October).
“The Investor Day” Conference – a final event of the World Investor Week – will be held on 6 October in Nur-Sultan. The AIFC speakers and invited external experts will talk about a wide range of financial services, investment tools and business opportunities in the AIFC in terms of protecting the rights of the financial services consumers.
More information, the event program and registration link are available here - http://www.wiw-aifc.kz/.
