Welcome to the August edition of Focus.
This month, we continue to draw on the discussions from the WFE Sustainability Conference in Luxembourg, with contributions from several of our speakers on how markets are supporting the transition to a more sustainable economy.
Julie Becker, CEO of LuxSE, looks at the role of sustainable debt markets in financing the transition to net zero. Amarjeet Singh, Whole-time Member of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and a member of the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA), discusses how reporting, assurance and ethics standards can strengthen confidence in sustainability disclosures. Adrian Ip, Chief Strategy Officer at Aquis Exchange (a SIX company) and Independent Chairman of Carbonfuture, considers the future of carbon markets, while Vidarsha Dharmasena, former Head of Sustainability at DFCC Bank PLC, Sri Lanka, explains why global sustainability ambitions need to reflect local realities.
Elsewhere in this edition, Masanori Yoshida, Senior Executive Officer at Japan Exchange Group (JPX), writes about the growing importance of investor education, disclosure and AI-powered information. Talia Klein, Managing Director and Head of Wealth & Investor Solutions at DTCC, examines the market infrastructure that underpins financial innovation. Alyona Bulda, SVP, Emerging Technologies, and Daria Degtiarenko, Senior Marketing Communications Manager, both at Exactpro, look at the governance and operational resilience needed as AI-assisted coding becomes more widely used across financial services.
We hope you enjoy this edition. Join us again in September for a special edition exploring technology and innovation across financial market infrastructure.
Nandini Sukumar
Chief Executive Officer
The WFE