A speech by Greg Medcraft, Chairman, International Organization of Securities Commissions, to the National Press Club, Washington DC, 22 June 2015
Introduction
Good morning everyone.
I would like to thank the National Press Club for the opportunity to talk about some important issues on the international regulatory agenda.
I am here today in my capacity as Chairman of the Board of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO).
Today, I鈥檇 like to touch on 3 topics:
- One 鈥� to briefly describe what IOSCO does and our role in building integrated global capital markets that are underpinned by investor and issuer trust and confidence 鈥� capital markets which support economic growth.聽
- Two 鈥� to comment from a market regulators perspective on where the international regulatory debate has been since the Crisis;
- Three 鈥� to comment on where the debate might head and what IOSCO thinks is required in the asset management sector.
I should say at the outset that I will limit my comments to the international regulatory agenda and experience.聽
It is not appropriate for me to talk about issues at a national level.聽 These are matters for your own regulators and policy makers.聽
Let me first turn to IOSCO 鈥� who we are and what we do.