The highlight of the coming year's conference circuit in Hong Kong will undoubtedly be scenes of Korean farmers rioting in Wanchai when the WTO caravanserai rolls into town in December. The WTO meeting will certainly grab the headlines even though preliminary talks all point to an event where nothing will be achieved.
But for those involved in financial services in Asia, a much more important conference will be happening in June 2006. This is the annual conference of IOSCO - the international organization of securities commissions - the annual jamboree of securities regulators from around the world. It is a gathering that can effect many changes.
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