Editor's Pick
Understanding Margin Model Performance: A Factor-Based Approach to CCP Backtesting
Rama Kumanduri, Managing Director, and Shahrzad Karimi, Director, at The OCC explain how a new factor-based, forward-looking approach to CCP backtesting helps identify the true drivers of margin model failures.
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Understanding Margin Model Performance: A Factor-Based Approach to CCP Backtesting
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Interviews
DTCC Looks Ahead to 2025 and Reflects on its Success in 2024
Published: Jan 2025
Frank La Salla, President, CEO and Director of DTCC, highlights 2024's key achievements and outlines the areas the company will focus on in 2025.
General
Global IPO Trends
Published: Jan 2025
Dr Ishak Demir, Economist at the WFE, writes about global IPO trends.
CEO Letter
CEO Letter - January 2025
Published: Jan 2025
Happy New Year and welcome to the first edition of Focus of 2025.
In this month’s issue, a selection of our members reflect on their organisations' achievements in 2024 and look ahead to the opportunities and challenges that the coming year may present.
Boon Chye Loh, the WFE Chairman and SGX CEO, highlights the key themes and trends for exchange and market infrastructure in 2025.
Ed Knight, Executive Vice Chairman at Nasdaq, discusses how the exchange navigated the past year and how it plans to drive growth in a rapidly evolving global economy.
Asadej Kongsiri, President of the Stock Exchange...
Education
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's WFE General Assembly Keynote Speech
Published: Dec 2024
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim gave this keynote address at the 63rd WFE General Assembly and Annual Meeting in Kuala Lumpur.
Features
What Is an Exchange? The Changing Landscape
Published: Dec 2024
Dr Reena Aggarwal, Robert E. McDonough Professor of Finance at Georgetown University, examines the trends shaping financial exchanges, including governance, product innovation, technology and regulations.
Emerging Markets
Collaboration Fuels Growth: How ASEAN Exchanges Are Creating a Vibrant Investment Ecosystem
Published: Dec 2024
ASEAN, going from strength to strength, talks about collaboration among the bloc's bourses and a new memorandum of understanding.
Features
The Evolution of Exchange Data: Transforming Big Data into Relevant Insights
Published: Dec 2024
Guy Melamed, Co-founder and CEO of Exberry, explains how exchanges can leverage data to improve market integrity, differentiate themselves and deliver valuable insights.
Education
Transforming Financial Literacy with AI —Insights into Bourse de Casablanca’s e-bourse.ma Platform
Published: Dec 2024
Bourse de Casablanca Deputy CEO Mohamed Saad talks about AI and its potential impact on financial literacy.
Emerging Markets
Building an Inclusive, Sustainable Capital Market as Malaysia Assumes ASEAN Chairmanship
Published: Dec 2024
Dato’ Mohammad Faiz Azmi, Executive Chairman of the Securities Commission, outlines its program of work to deepen integration, foster sustainability and enhance ASEAN’s capital market ecosystem.