QFCRA participates in 48th IOSCO annual meeting in Bangkok

The Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority (QFCRA) participated, in conjunction with the Qatar Financial Markets Authority (QFMA), in the 48th International Organisation of Securities Commission (IOSCO) Annual Meeting, in Bangkok recently under the organisation of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Thailand.The QFCRA’s delegation was led by Farah Abdulrahman al-Muftah, managing director (Policy, Legal and Enforcement). As part of the QFCRA’s longstanding relationship with IOSCO, it is an active member and participated in the following committee meetings- Africa/Middle East Regional Committee (AMERC), Growth and Emerging Markets Committee (GEMC), Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding Monitoring Group (MMoU MG).QFCRA also attended the President’s Committee, which is composed of all the Presidents (Chairs) of ordinary and associate IOSCO members and discusses the work and high-level themes concerning securities regulators."This year marks the important milestone of the 20th anniversary of the IOSCO MMoU and the 40th anniversary of the Presidents Committee. The IOSCO MMoU has served as an important pathway to gaining information from other regulators through a structured mechanism, while the Presidents Committee has provided an important forum for securities regulators to discuss topics of interest."One of the elements that make the IOSCO MMoU such a pivotal tool for international cooperation on securities matters is the accountability mechanism that IOSCO has established for responding and complying with the terms of the MMoU,” commented al-Muftah.