Welcome to the September edition of Focus.
Our cover story is by Aigerim Kuanysh, Chief Associate in the International Cooperation and Sustainability Department at KASE. She tells the story of Kazakhstan’s Bond Market Guide and how it is making the country’s financial markets easier for investors to understand and access.
Technology is changing the way markets operate, but it only works when it is supported by strong infrastructure, sound governance and effective risk management.
Michael Winnike, Managing Director and Head of Strategy and Market Solutions at DTCC, writes about what must be in place for tokenised assets to become part of established markets.
Adrián Febrián, AI Model Validation & Emerging Tech, and Rahelah Syed, North American Markets & Transformation Risk, at Nasdaq, introduce their white paper on quantum computing.
Keith Wood, CEO, and Suraj Pandey, Head of Business Development at pTools Software, write about the practical and responsible use of AI by exchanges.
Trading hours and products are changing as well.
Adrienne Muir, Chief Executive Officer at Avenir Technology, writes about the demands that longer trading hours place on infrastructure and risk management.
Matthew Pilkington, Head of Sales EMEA at Beeks Group, believes exchanges will need resilient, scalable infrastructure as markets move towards longer trading hours.
Magnus Almqvist, CEO of Exberry, covers the arrival of perpetual contracts in regulated markets.
Ian Salmon, Head of Product Marketing at Adaptive, explains how regulation, different types of trading venue and new asset classes are changing the technology exchanges use.
Juan Pablo Córdoba, CEO of nuam, tells us about the work to bring the markets of Chile, Colombia and Peru closer together.
Finally, Iosif Itkin, CEO and co-founder of Exactpro and CTO of Murabex, and Alyona Bulda, SVP, Emerging Technologies at Exactpro and Head of Platform at Murabex, write about digital market infrastructure and the link between Islamic finance and the real economy.
I hope you enjoy the September issue.
Nandini Sukumar
Chief Executive Officer
The WFE