Venezuela's National Securities Superintendency marks 15th anniversary and highlights expanded investor education programmes

Venezuela's National Securities Superintendency (Sunaval), which operates under the Ministry of Economy and Finance, marked its 15th anniversary by reaffirming its mandate to regulate and supervise the securities market and protect investors and issuers, including entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises. In remarks tied to the anniversary, Superintendent Carlos Herrera highlighted Sunaval’s free public training and outreach initiatives, including the Virtual Stock Market School, which he said now has more than 2,400 participants. He also pointed to the recent launch of “Café Bursátil”, a weekly YouTube-based programme aimed at explaining securities-market concepts in accessible language, and described steps that he said have made it easier for companies to seek funding through the market and for individuals to invest, including opening a brokerage account using a national identity card.