May 19, 2026/IOSCO
IOSCO members met virtually over several days for the 2026 Annual Meeting to advance the IOSCO’s workplan and strategic objectives, including approving several reports and to elect a new board leadership1. The IOSCO Annual Meeting represents a unique opportunity to foster international cooperation amongst financial regulators.
The IOSCO Annual Meeting brings together over 130 jurisdictions and over 200 members to make progress and share views and experiences on shared challenges, trends and innovations in global financial markets, and on how to work together and ensure the implementation of common standards.
Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Financial Health (UNSGSA), gave the opening speech of the Presidents’ Committee Meeting in a prerecorded video. The Presidents’ Committee is composed of all the Presidents (Chairs) of ordinary and associate members. The Presidents’ Committee meeting focused on retail investors in the digital world. In her video address, H.M. Queen Máxima underscored the importance of financial health to build more resilient financial systems.
The Board discussed market developments and the risk outlook as well as themes of common interest, including global financial stability, and risks and opportunities posed by new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital finance.
The Board approved the publication of five Reports following the 2025 and 2026 workplans. Those reports include deep dives on the potential impact of extended trading hours and the evolution of market liquidity during the trading day for equity trading, a Supervisory Toolkit on AI, and Final Reports on the Valuation of Collective Investment Schemes and Recommendations on Secondary Market Disclosure following feedback from and consultations with market participants. These reports will be published in the coming weeks.
IOSCO’s Growth and Emerging Markets Committee and IOSCO’s four regional committees met to focus on specific topics of local relevance. The Affiliate Members Consultative Committee (AMCC) discussed their strategic priorities and market developments. The Enhanced/Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Consultation and Cooperation and the Exchange of Information (E/MMoU) Monitoring Group also met and welcomed the Financial Services Commission (FSC) of Belize as the latest signatory of the MMoU.
Looking ahead to 2027, IOSCO’s 52nd Annual Meeting will be hosted by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers of Québec, Canada.
“I want to express my gratitude to all IOSCO members for the productive discussions and the significant progress achieved on IOSCO’s key priorities. The role IOSCO plays in fostering international cooperation among financial supervisors was once again demonstrated during the 2026 Annual Meeting. I am honoured to have been re-elected for a third term as IOSCO Board Chair and I look forward to keeping working with all IOSCO members, including the IOSCO Board, the Vice-Chairs, the Growth and Emerging Markets Committee, and all Regional Committees as well as the IOSCO Secretariat.”
– Jean-Paul Servais, IOSCO Board Chair
