Regional Committees


Asia Forum for Investor Education (AFIE)
IFIE MENA Subcommittee
Regional Subcommittee Activities
Global Financial and Investor Education Materials and Programmes via the IFIE Clearinghouse

In order to promote investor education around the world, the International Forum for Investor Education encourages the promotion of Regional Subcommittees. IFIE has helped to organize two Regional Subcommittees to date and is active encouraging the promotion of other such groups around the globe.

Asia Forum for Investor Education (AFIE)

Investor education is becoming ever more important to build investor confidence in today's environment where financial innovation is bringing about an ongoing stream of new products and services. It is also essential to promote effective asset management with intensifying uncertainties in the global financial markets, shifting paradigms, and increasing life expectancy.

A rigorous, well-organized financial education system enables consumers and investors to make informed decisions about financial products and investments and take control of their financial future.

Established in February 2010 as a regional body of the International Forum for Investor Education (IFIE) – an international alliance of private and public sector providers of investor education, the Asia Forum for Investor Education (AFIE) aims to improve investor education in the Asia-Pacific region through enhanced international cooperation and information exchange.

The AFIE is committed ensuring a sound investment culture with strong investor protection is instilled throughout the region by promoting investor education and the development of the region's capital markets. To this end, the AFIE will serve as a channel for discussion on a wide range of investor education topics and issues facing the region's financial markets.

IFIE MENA Subcommittee

IFIE is creating a series of subcommittees that are fully part of the IFIE organization and are designed to discuss and address common investor education issues on a regional basis. The Middle East North Africa (MENA) subcommittee is the first of these subcommittees.

All members of the IFIE MENA Subcommittee must be members of IFIE in good standing. They must abide by the IFIE Charter, Policies and Procedures and Code of Practice. They must be current in the dues payments and other financial obligations to IFIE. The IFIE Advisory Committee will assign at least one of its members as members of the MENA Subcommittee.

IFIE does not have any legal or financial liability for the activities or actions of the IFIE MENA Subcommittee or its members. IFIE MENA Subcommittee members have no obligation to IFIE beyond their membership responsibilities. The first Chairman of the IFIE MENA Subcommittee is Dr. Ahmed Saad Abdel Latif, the Senior Advisor to the EFSA Chairman.

The IFIE MENA Subcommittee will have Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (EFSA) serve as its Secretariat. The Secretariat will be accountable for, among other things, organizing meetings and activities of the Subcommittee.

Regional Subcommittee Activities