Muscat Securities Market to host international stock exchange meet

Muscat: Muscat Securities Market will host the 2018 World Exchange Congress in the Sultanate's capital on February 27 and 28, 2018.
"The World Exchange Congress is unofficially the biggest annual meeting for CEOs and senior executives of the world’s trading venues. Each year, at a different location around the world we are joined by around 300 C-level and executive representatives from Stock, FX, Futures, Commodity and Energy Exchanges as well as Clearing Houses, Investment Banks and Regulators," Ahmed Al Marhoon, Director General of Muscat Securities Market said.
Over the past 12 years the event has been held in London, Madrid, Monaco, Istanbul, Barcelona, Doha, Dubai and most recently Budapest in 2017.
The World Exchange Congress is unique in its ability to attract C-level representation from all different sizes of exchanges around the world, from tier one to frontier.
Participants at the congress will include representatives responsible for Technology, Cyber Security, Innovation and Risk.
There will be 90 speakers at the event discussing challenges facing the exchange community today, from global political developments to integrating new technologies such as blockchain and the world of RegTech.
"The event is also a fantastic social occasion and over the course of three days, attendees will enjoy cultural activities and opportunities to explore the beautiful city of Muscat," Al Marhoon added in his statement.