On Tuesday, 4 October 2022, the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) hosted the celebration of “Ring the Bell” initiative for the third consecutive year along with a number of global financial markets announcing it participation in the World Investor Week (WIW2022), held during the first week of October, organized by the International Organization of Securities Commission (IOSCO) and the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) in the presence of the CEO of the ASE Mr. Mazen Wathaifi and a number of department directors.
The CEO of the ASE, Mazen Wathaifi said that the ASE is constantly keen to extend bridges of cooperation with all local and international institutions to enhance investment awareness activities and spread financial knowledge. The ASE’s participation in this activity falls within the framework of its keenness to participate and actively follow up on the various events and activities of the IOSCO organization and its various committees. Which enables it to follow up on the latest developments relating to its work and to keep abreast of relevant international standards.
Wathaifi indicated that the ASE will launch educational awareness videos and posts to be published on the website and various social media accounts. where a number of important matters will be highlighted, including sustainable financing, as the driving force behind sustainable development, refers to the process of taking environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations into account when making investment decisions in the financial sector, leading to more long-term investments in sustainable economic activities and projects, the need for Financial resilience as a measure of how robust a financial plan and money are to shocks and how can investors ensure greater resilience, the fundamentals of investment and the role of the stock exchange and capital market institutions in securing investors' protection.
It is worth mentioning that "Global Investor Week" is an annual international awareness initiative organized by the International Organization of Securities Commission (IOSCO) and the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) for the first time in 2017 aimed at raising levels of financial knowledge, promoting the culture and protection of investors at the local and global levels, the annual events of which involve more than 100-member states of the international organization.
