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IOSCO launches its fifth edition of World Investor Week (4-10 October 2021) to promote investor education (31 May 2021)

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) launched today  the new edition of its annual World Investor Week (WIW), scheduled from 4th to 10th October 2021 (press release).

Like last year, participating Countries can choose any other week of October and November for scheduling the event, considering the conditions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic in their own reality.

WIW is a week-long worldwide campaign (click on the link to access the global portal) to raise awareness of the importance of investor education and protection and to highlight the various initiatives taken by regulators in these two critical areas.

The key messages of the 2021 campaign will be based on two themes: (1) sustainable finance and (2) frauds and scams prevention. These messages complement those of previous WIW editions on online investment, initial coin offerings (ICOs), investments basics and digital education.

WIW can continue to grow further in terms of participating Countries, stakeholders and international organizations. In 2020, the campaign was featured by the launch of various virtual initiatives, adapting and innovating formats and contents in consideration of the exceptionally challenging circumstances. As in previous editions, Consob will participate - as an IOSCO member - in the organization and development of the campaign in Italy.