The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published its 2025 Work Program, setting out its ongoing and planned initiatives for 2025. These include: (i) prioritising issues related to non-bank financial intermediation; (ii) developing measures to mitigate risks associated with pre-hedging practices employed by market intermediaries; (iii) conducting a series of targeted actions to tackle new risks to retail investors, including imitative and copy trading, poor digital engagement practices and finfluencer activities; (iv) launching a pilot crypto and digital assets implementation monitoring initiative to understand policy implementation among IOSCO member jurisdictions; (v) continuing work to strengthen the operational resilience of financial market infrastructures; and (vi) assisting with capacity building for jurisdictions that are seeking to adopt or apply the International Sustainability Standards Board standards, as well as those seeking to develop carbon markets in their jurisdictions.
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