The Research Department of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (“IOSCO”) launched a statistics web portal that will provide a global overview of specific securities markets. IOSCO stated that the new statistics web portal seeks to provide a centralized point for monitoring global trends, risks and vulnerabilities and will serve as a mechanism for comparison of how well markets are recovering in light of the crisis. The data will be updated on a monthly basis. Key statistics the portal will cover include:
- corporate debt;
- covered bonds;
- securitized products;
- Islamic finance;
- equity IPO volumes;
- equity market valuations;
- syndicated loans; and
- housing price indices.
See: IOSCO Press Release.