For the first time, a 2-day conference of the Asia Pacific Regional Committee (APRC) of world capital market regulatory bodies the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), is going to be held in the country.
The conference will be held on February 22-23 at the Hotel Sheraton Hotel in the capital Dhaka.
This was circulated in a press release signed by Mohammad Rezaul Karim, Executive Director of capital market regulator Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) on Sunday.
BSEC Chairman Professor Shibli Rubaiyat-ul-Islam told UNB that IOSCO's APRC conference will be held on February 22 and 23. If this conference is held well, the next conference of IOSCO will be held in Dhaka.
The supervisory director meeting is scheduled to be held on February 22 from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm. And enforcement director meeting will be held from 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM, the press release said.
The two meetings will be chaired by BSEC Chairman and IOSCO APRC Vice Chair Professor Shibli Rubaiyat-ul-Islam. The discussion will conclude with the APRC Plenary Meeting to be held on February 23.
The meeting will be attended by senior officials of capital market regulatory agencies of other countries in the Asia Pacific region including Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nepal and their representatives.
Apart from that, the representatives of the IOSCO Secretariat, Spain will be present in that meeting.
Source: United News of Bangladesh