2022 World Investor Week in AIFC

The organizer of the World Investor Week is the Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA). The co-organizers and contributors are the AIFC Authority, AIFC Court and International Arbitration Centre, AIFC Green Finance Center, Astana International Exchange, Bureau for Continuing Professional Development, Tech Hub, and AIFC Business Connect.

This year the central theme of the WIW-2022 is “Sustaining Resilience Investing”. The events will be conducted under three tracks: (1) Understand risks; (2) Embrace education; and (3) Invest smart.

The main objectives of the event are:

(1) promotion of investor education and protection;
(2) raising awareness about consumer protection and investment risks;
(3) facilitating financial education and financial literacy through informing about investing smart;
(4) discussion of innovations in financial markets.

Thematically, the world investor week at AIFC is devoted to raising awareness on investor resilience, investor education and protection, crypto assets, sustainable finance, Islamic finance, frauds and scams prevention. Several thematic forums, such as ESG Investments Forum, New Financial Instruments Forum, Digital Assets Investments Forum, Islamic Finance Forum, Financial Literacy Forum and others will be held on margins of the WIW.

World Investor Week is held annually by regulators in 100 countries all over the world under the auspices of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) – an international organisation that unites world’s securities regulators. IOSCO members regulate more than 95% of the world’s securities market in more than 115 jurisdictions. Hosting of the World Investors Week reflects AIFC’s adherence to the IOSCO goals and standards on consumer protection in financial services.

This year’s events under the World Investor Week held in the format of offline and online events, webinars, live sessions on social networks and online panel sessions. The speakers of the events will be experts from AIFC, as well as domestic and foreign experts in the field of stock market, consumer and investor protection, digital assets, financial technology, green and Islamic finance, financial instruments of the securities market, as well as continuing professional development.