IOSCO launches Asia-Pacific hub in Malaysia

Alder: ‘Malaysia is well-positioned for people to come over and work on capacity building across Asia.’

KUALA LUMPUR: The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), the world’s leading body of capital market regulators that oversees markets worth over US$140tril, launched its first-ever Asia-Pacific hub in Malaysia.

Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) chairman Tan Sri Ranjit Ajit Singh said the IOSCO Asia Pacific hub, the first outside its Madrid headquarters in Spain, will be fully operational by the middle of this year. Ranjit is IOSCO board vice-chairman.