Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) participated On Tuesday, 8/10/2024, and for the fifth year in a row, a number of global stock markets in the activities of the World Investor Week held during the first week of October 2023, as part of the annual initiative of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE).
The CEO of the ASE, Mazen Wathaifi said that the ASE’s participation in this activity besides a number of global stock markets falls within the framework of its keenness to participate and actively follow up on the various events and activities of the WFE & IOSCO organization and its various committees, enables the stock exchange to stay updated on the latest developments related to its functions and to keep pace with relevant international standards.
He added that this event reflects the stock exchange’s continuous commitment to promoting financial literacy and raising investment awareness among community members. The World Investor Week aims to achieve two main goals: disseminating key awareness messages that aim to enhance investor knowledge and protection and promoting financial education. The second goal is to enhance learning opportunities for investors. This year’s campaign covers several topics, such as technology and digital finance, sustainable finance, fraud and manipulation prevention, investor resilience, and investment fundamentals.
Wathaifi indicated that the ASE will launch educational awareness posts to be published on the website and various social media accounts, these posts will highlight the importance of responsible and sustainable investment, with a focus on providing information and resources that help investors make investment decisions based on scientific and objective principles.
On the sidelines of the stock exchange’s participation alongside global stock exchanges in this event, a memorandum of understanding will be signed with the National Cybersecurity Center during this month. This memorandum aims to exchange expertise and knowledge between the two parties regarding best practices and modern global technologies in the field of cybersecurity, cooperate in organizing workshops, training lectures, conferences, courses, and scientific seminars to increase cybersecurity awareness, and exchange information, opinions, ideas, and proposals on shared issues between the two parties.
It is worth mentioning that "World Investor Week" is an annual international awareness initiative organized in the first week of October of each year by the International Organization of Securities Commission (IOSCO) and the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) aiming to enhance financial culture and raise awareness for investors on all matters related to investment in securities and the capital market. More than 120 members of this international organization participate in its annual activities.
