IOSCO publishes the securities markets risk outlook 2016

02 March 2016

The outlook is a forward-looking report focusing specifically on issues relevant to securities markets and on whether these may be, or could become, a threat to the global financial system.

The report highlights the importance that IOSCO attaches to pre-emptive work on analyzing and detecting emerging risks in securities markets, which are playing an increasingly bigger role in financing the global economy.

The analysis in this outlook has benefited from the growing availability of data on securities markets, although data gaps still exist. It also has drawn on the comprehensive inputs from experts in the markets, the academic world and the regulatory community, through interviews, research reports and an IOSCO survey conducted in March/April 2015. Finally, the Outlook builds on and complements the risk identification work of other global organizations, such as the Financial Stability Board and the International Monetary Fund.

The outlook first examines key trends in global financial markets and their impact on securities markets. It focuses on:

• The impact on securities markets from interventions of central banks worldwide;
• The impact on securities markets from falling commodity prices and uncertainty over global growth trends;
• General growth trends in corporate bond, equity and securitized product markets;
• Recent trends in emerging market securities markets related to leverage, capital flows, and market-based financing;
• The increasing digitalization of financial markets and potential for technological disruptors.

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