Capital Markets Authority Conducts University Awareness Events
The Capital Markets Authority conducted awareness events at the American University of Kuwait and the Australian University in Kuwait, including workshops and an informational booth, aimed at enhancing investment awareness and financial inclusion among students.
Translated by Qiyas from النهار — Original source
In implementation of the Kuwait Capital Markets Authority’s initiatives to enhance financial inclusion and investment awareness, the Authority recently conducted several educational outreach activities at universities, specifically at the American University of Kuwait and the Australian University in Kuwait.
The outreach activities carried out by the Authority at the Australian University in Kuwait, held between November 2 and 5, comprised five awareness workshops targeting various student groups, as well as a dedicated awareness booth. The booth provided an introduction to the Authority, highlighted the various aspects of its activities, and showcased its key awareness outputs.
The workshops presented as part of these events offered an overview of the Authority, including the circumstances, rationale, and objectives behind its establishment. They also outlined its vision and specific goals as defined in its founding law, with a particular focus on regulating securities activities in a manner that ensures fairness, competitiveness, and transparency, protecting participants in such activities, and developing capital markets and their investment instruments. The sessions emphasized alignment with global best practices, while also raising public awareness about securities activities, the benefits and risks associated with securities investment, and the related obligations, thereby encouraging market growth.
Additionally, the events featured an overview of the Authority’s key responsibilities and the mandates of its various sectors across regulatory, legislative, supervisory, and awareness-related aspects. This included the nature and objectives of its national project to enhance financial inclusion and investment awareness, as well as a brief summary of the key achievements made in fulfilling these mandates since the Authority’s establishment up to the most recent fiscal year.
In a related development, between November 4 and 5, the Authority participated in the “Annual Accounting Day” event for 2026, organized by the American University of Kuwait. On the sidelines of this participation, an informational booth was set up to showcase the Authority’s awareness materials via a dedicated electronic screen. The display provided an introduction to the Authority’s responsibilities, mandates, and roles in the broader economy, with a special focus on securities activities.
It is worth noting that these events are part of the aforementioned national project of the Kuwait Capital Markets Authority, launched in 2017, which aims to enhance financial literacy and investment culture among various segments of society, particularly within the educational and university sectors. This initiative enables the Authority to fulfill its mandate of strengthening the foundations of financial inclusion, which has become essential for economies and societies worldwide in the current era.
