Shmuel Hauser

Shmuel Hauser (Hebrew: שמואל האוזר) is an Israeli economist, a Full Professor of Finance at Ono Academic College[1] and of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

[4] During that time, he served as a: After leaving the ISA in 2005, Hauser established and headed a capital market consulting company named "Narrative".

Hauser was appointed dean of the Faculty of Business Administration at the Ono Academic College, concurrent with his tenure as professor at Ben-Gurion University.

Among his most renowned articles: Before being appointed chairman of the Israeli Securities Authority, Hauser was the dean of the Faculty of Business Administration at the Ono Academic College, and a full professor at Ben-Gurion University.

[7] In May 2011, Hauser was appointed chairman of the Israeli SecuritiesAuthority by Israel's Minister of Finance, Yuval Steinitz.

[8] Professor Hauser's term is characterized by activism, increased enforcement and the opening of criminal investigations against senior executives.

He ordered to open in a criminal investigation against Nochi Dankner, the controlling shareholder of IDB Holding Corp. LTD, regarding a possible market manipulation[9] (pump and dump).

After the court ruling in which judge Khaled Kabub determined that Dankner was guilty, Hauser said: "I believe in uncompromising enforcement that creates deterrence".

In 2016, the second committee's conclusions were translated into "The Research and Development" legislation that eased on high-tech companies to issue shares in Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, and therefore encouraged them to do so.

In 2015–2017, following the collapse of alleged Ponzi schemes, namely Hilik Tapiro's Or Fund and Amir Bramly's Kela Fund,[14] and a boom in unregulated activity due to harsh regulation on the one hand and the low interest rate on the other Hauser has taken steps to prevent unregulated offerings to the public.

During that time, these companies would enjoy considerable regulatory reliefs in order to make it easier for them to adapt to the process of becoming a reporting corporation.

[19] In March 2016, the Securities Authority under prof. Hauser initiated prohibition of offering Binary Options to local Israeli investors.