IOSCO

Interviews 17th December 2021

“ESG Standards Platform To Be Ready In 2022” Says IOSCO Secretary General

Fernando Rodríguez (Emisores) | Irishman Martin Moloney is the new Secretary General of IOSCO (International Organisation of Securities Commissions), which brings together 130 supervisory bodies of the world’s most important stock exchanges. The organisation has accelerated its work so that next year investors will have a global platform or baseline with which to operate safely in the variegated and confusing world of ESG products and standards. Q: IOSCO supports a…

Uncategorised 20th April 2016

Capital Raising On A General Upward Trend Over The Last 5 Years

According to figures of last IOSCO’s report on market risks, since 2012, the volumes of equity IPOs (initial public offering) have been on a strong upward trend, reaching $934 billion in 2014, above the pre-crisis peak.

Interviews 27th March 2015

“People in financial firms who cheat and abuse markets have got to go to jail”

MADRID | March 26, 2015 | By Ana Fuentes | In the second part of our exclusive interview with the IOSCO Secretary General, David Wright speaks about corporate oversight and the need to change a culture which has conflicts of interests at its centre. [You can check Part 1 here]

Markets 26th March 2015

Markets supervisor: With its capital markets union Brussels is behind the curve

MADRID | March 26, 2015 | By Ana Fuentes | David Wright is charged with overseeing international securities regulators in his role as Secretary General for IOSCO. In an exclusive interview with The Corner, he speaks of the need for greater urgency in integrating global capital markets. He also notes that a failure to understand the changes taking place in global financial markets could be hindering economic growth.