The UAE Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) hosted the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Regional Committee for Africa and the Middle East meeting in Abu Dhabi, chaired by SCA Chief Executive Officer Waleed Al Awadhi following his election as committee chair in October 2025. The session brought together regulators and market authorities from across the Middle East and Africa to review regional capital market priorities and developments, with an emphasis on cross-border cooperation and robust regulatory frameworks. The agenda covered IOSCO global priority work, including risks linked to electronic activity in digital securities markets and discussion of the I-SCAN global warning system that aggregates regulatory alerts on suspicious or unlicensed firms and investment activities. Members also examined how to deepen and diversify capital markets, including the role of virtual assets in broadening market participation, and discussed initiatives to promote regional market integration, strengthen cross-border supervisory cooperation, and enhance supervisory capacity and coordination to address emerging and ongoing risks.

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