TRINIDAD: April 27, 2016: Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission’s (TTSEC) representative, Ms. Arlene Stephen, Director Corporate Communications, Education and Information Division, attended the first meeting of the International Forum for Investor Education (IFIE), Americas Chapter’s Working Group, held in the Bahamas over the period April 22 – 23, 2016.
Securities regulators representing fifteen jurisdictions including the host country, the Bahamas, assembled at the British Colonial Hilton in Nassau to discuss matters pertinent to the promotion of Investor Education throughout the region. Other participatory countries included: Barbados, the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curacao, the Eastern Caribbean (8 territories), Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.
Securities regulators focused on sharing information related to:
- Starting/Setting Financial Capability (FC) and Investor Education (IE) Initiatives
- Techniques for Developing and Delivering Content for FC/IE Initiatives for Different Target Audiences
- Using Different Communications Technologies and Strategies to Impact FC/IE Content Delivery including the use of traditional and social media
According to Mr. C Wainwright Iton, TTSEC’s Chief Executive Officer, “this sharing of information at the international level aids in the TTSEC’s mandate of educating and informing citizens about the securities industry, and the Commission’s role within the industry. This is a thrust the Commission has been promoting for years and aims to boost its communicative initiatives across Trinidad and Tobago through strategic collaboration with partners involved in finance and education.”
