Past IOSCO Events (2013)
2013 EMC Annual Meetings and Conference, 21-23 May 2013, Panama City, Panama
The 2013 EMC Annual Meetings and Conference took place on 21-23 May in Panama City, Panama. The program included the EMC Plenary Meeting, public conference and Market Development Workshops. Ten presenters from various institutions based in Panama and the region, participated in the Roundtable discussion on "Emerging risks, barriers to development and key regulatory priorities in the EMC securities markets / Why are some markets developing faster than others?".
The public conference discussed the Impact of Global Regulatory Reforms on EMs; HFT and Algorithmic Trading; Global Standards in Commodity Derivatives Markets and Restoring Confidence in the Global Financial System. Two Workshops on Risk Based Supervision and Financial Market Infrastructures were also held.
Participants agreed to rename the EMC as the Growth and Emerging Markets (GEM) Committee to better reflect the nature of the markets in which its members operate. The EMC elected Mr. Ranjit Ajit Singh, Chairman of the Securities Commission Malaysia, as chair, and Bert Chanetsa, Deputy Executive Officer Capital Markets, Financial Services Board, South Africa, as the vice chair.