Bangladesh

Lead Organization: Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC)

Bangladesh will hold WIW 2023 from Oct 02, 2023 to Oct 11, 2023

World Investor Week 2023 Program of the whole week

Date	Time	Organized by	Program title	Chief Guest	Discussant/Speaker* and Moderator	Participation
02-Oct-23 (Opening ceremony)	3:30 PM	Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission	Investor resilience	Emeritus Professor Nazrul Islam, Former Chairman, UGC	NA	Physical and virtual
03-Oct-23	12:30 PM	Association of Asset Management Companies and Mutual Funds (AAMC&MF)	Role of SDG Analytics in Capital Market-Based Development Financing	Dr. Mizanur Rahman, Commissioner, BSEC	Zubayer Hossen, Coordinator and Economist - Transformative Economic Policy Programme at UND	Physical
05-Oct-23	12:00 PM	Bangladesh Merchant Bankers Association (BMBA)	Capital Market for Sustainable Finance	Dr. Hasan Mahmud, MP, Honorable Minister, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh	Mr. Md. Riyad Matin, Secretary General, BMBA	Physical
05-Oct-23	3:30 PM	Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE)	Digital Finance and Crypto Assets	Dr. Shaikh Shamsuddin Ahmed, Commissioner, BSEC	Mr. Mohammed Mahadi Hasan, CFA, CRO, CSE	Physical and virtual
07-Oct-23	3:00 PM	Capital Market Stabilization Fund (CMSF)	Investor Resilience: Initiatives by Regulators	Professor Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam, Chairman, BSEC	Professor Dr. Mohammad Tareq, Member, BOG, CMSF	Physical and virtual
08-Oct-23	6:00 PM	Jointly organized by Central Depository Bangladesh Ltd (CDBL) and Central Counterparty Bangladesh Limited (CCBL)	Frauds and Scams Prevention	Professor Shibli Rubayat-ul-Islam, Chairman, BSEC	Mr. Farhad Ahmed, MD & CEO (Acting), CDBL	Physical and virtual
10-Oct-23	3:30 PM	Jointly organized by Bangladesh Academy for Securities Markets (BASM), Bangladesh Institute of Capital Market (BICM)	Investor Resilience and Capital Market Blockchain Technology for Capital Market	Dr. Shaikh Shamsuddin Ahmed, Commissioner, BSEC	Mr. Faysal Ahmad Khan, Assistant Professor, BICM & Mr. Saddam Hossain, Faculty Member, BASM	Virtual
11-Oct-23	5:00 PM	Association of Credit Rating Agencies of Bangladesh (ACRAB)	Credit Rating for Sustainable Finance	Mr. Anis A. Khan, Chairman, AAZ & Partners, Ex. MD & CEO MTB, Ex. Chairman, ABB	Mr. Muzaffar Ahmed, Executive President, CRISL	Virtual
11-Oct-23	4:00 PM	Bangladesh Association of Publicly Listed Companies (BAPLC)	Crypto Assets and Financial Technology: Familiarization in Bangladesh	Mr. Salman F. Rahman, Private Industry and Investment Adviser to-the Hon'ble Prime Minister	Mr. Mominul Islam, EC Member, BAPLC, MD & CEO, IPDC Finance Ltd.	Virtual
12-Oct-23 (Closing ceremony)	11:00 AM	Jointly organized by Dhaka Stock Exchange Ltd. (DSE) and DSE Brokers Association (DBA)	Sustainability Practice and Untapped Investment Opportunities	Mr. Md. Abdul Halim, Commissioner, BSEC	Dr. ATM Tariquzzaman, CPA, MD, DSE	Physical and virtual

• Weekends i.e. 06 & 07 October 2023 are excluded from the program.
• IOSCO will launch World Investor Week 2023 from 02-08 October 2023. It is mentioned in the IOSCO media release that jurisdictions this year can choose any other week of October or November 2023.
• Time will be determined by the organizer.
• Programs time is preferable after the trading hour of the stock exchange.
• Cost will be borne by the concerned institution.

World Investor Week Coordinator(s): Ms. Farhana Faruqui, Director, Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission., farhana@sec.gov.bd

• Venture Capitan and Private Equity Association of Bangladesh (VCPEAB),
• Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE),
• Bangladesh Merchant Bankers Association (BMBA),
• Central Depository Bangladesh Ltd (CDBL),
• Central Counterparty Bangladesh Limited (CCBL),
• Association of Asset Management Companies and Mutual Funds (AAMC&MF),
• Bangladesh Academy for Securities Markets (BASM),
• DSE Brokers Association (DBA),
• Association of Credit Rating Agencies of Bangladesh (ACRAB),
• Bangladesh Association of Publicly Listed Companies (BAPLC),
• Bangladesh Institute of Capital Market (BICM),
• Dhaka Stock Exchange Ltd. (DSE)

Updated: January 04, 2024