Welcome to the November issue of Focus, a special edition dedicated to our Ring the Bell for Climate campaign, where exchanges come together to highlight the importance of sustainability issues in the finance industry and demonstrate the role they can - and are - playing to address them, in the run up to COP 29 in Azerbaijan. This issue features articles highlighting how exchanges and companies are working to mitigate climate risks and achieve Net Zero targets.

We begin with Abdul Wahid Omar and Muhamad Umar Swift, Chair and CEO of Bursa Malaysia, who welcome the industry to the WFE’s 63rd Gen...

Welcome to the October issue of Focus, where the spotlight turns to financial literacy as World Investor Week approaches.

Many of our 18 articles this month explore education programs for children, students and seasoned investors. Exchanges showcase innovative ideas and games, experimental training programmes and the use of competitions, mobile phones and social media, as well as traditional teaching methods, as they seek to boost financial literacy, inclusivity and economic growth.

We lead on three pieces, by Nasdaq, the Singapore and Saudi exchanges. Nasdaq has an Eastern European theme as i...

Welcome to the September 2024 issue of WFE Focus. 

In this edition, Jorge Alegria, CEO of Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, outlines his vision for the exchange along with the opportunities and challenges it faces.

Catherine Clay, Global Head of Derivatives at Cboe Global Markets, highlights the evolving landscape of volatility trading and Cboe's commitment to expanding access and innovation in the global options market.

Botswana Stock Exchange Acting CEO Kopano Bolokwe discusses its new Sustainability Disclosure Guidance.

Tony Sio, Head of Regulatory Strategy and Innovation at Nasdaq, looks at how t...

Welcome to the August 2024 issue of Focus. 

In this edition, Laura Klimpel from DTCC provides a pulse check on the Treasury Clearing Mandate ahead of its introduction over the next two years.

Martina Macpherson from SIX discusses the challenges of meeting the EU’s sustainability disclosure rules and their implications for the investment value chain.

Ian Waddell of ASX moderates a panel with Luke Donovan of Apostle Carbon Credit Funds, Kellee Campbell of ICAP, and Daniel Sinclair of ASX,  on the clean energy transition, the role of futures markets and decarbonisation efforts in Australia and Ne...

Welcome to the July edition of Focus. We lead with Keith Wood and Suraj Pandey, CEO of pTools Software, and Business Development Manager of pTools Software and LEILex, who announce the delivery of its pTools Persistent Sanctions Screening Solution, which provides an automated solution for 'persistent' sanctions screening to help organisations mitigate financial risks and maintain global security.

It was a real pleasure to convene our members and stakeholders at our sustainability event, hosted and chaired by TMX Group last month in Toronto, Canada. The purpose of the event was to help equip ou...

Welcome to the June edition of Focus.

To begin the issue, Christopher Buttigieg, chief officer supervision, and Nathan Fenech, deputy head capital markets, at Malta Financial Services Authority, examine the use of consolidated tape in the EU and U.S.

Monique Bell, Commodities Product Manager at ASX, looks at the role financial derivatives could play in helping with decarbonisation plans.

Daria Degtyarenko, senior marketing communications manager of Exactpro, explains how AI-driven testing can lead to higher-quality innovation.

Fredrik Ekström, head of carbon markets at Nasdaq, shares ...

Welcome to the May 2024 issue of WFE Focus. 

In this edition, Cesar Sanchez, Head of Sustainability at B3, discusses the launch of the Brazilian Stock Exchange’s B3 Ações Verdes green offering for equity issuers that aligns with the WFE’s Green Equity Principles.

Elizabeth Coleman, HR Director (Atlantic Region) at SIX, talks about the challenges facing global recruiters in a changing world and how the traditional employer-employee relationship has developed.

Pedro Gurrola-Perez, the WFE's Head of Research, presents a novel measure of initial margin model reactiveness that does not rely on part...

This month’s CEO letter is written by Pedro Gurrola-Perez, the WFE’s Head of Research .

Welcome to the April 2024 issue of WFE Focus.  

In this edition, we bring you a few highlights from WFEClear 2024, the WFE Clearing and Derivatives conference that took place in Madrid at the end of March, hosted by BME (Bolsas y Mercados Españoles) and SIX Group.  

At the splendid Palacio de la Bolsa de Madrid, industry leaders from central clearing houses (CCPs), academics, regulators and policymakers met to share ideas on the opportunities and challenges we face in central and bilateral clearing. Without...

Welcome to the WFE’s Women Leaders 2024 edition of Focus.

In this fourth year of the WFE initiative, we had 50 great nominations, all shattering the glass ceiling, as our industry put forward leaders from emerging and developed markets from all around the world.

All of the nominees are tremendous and gifted leaders: inspirational, intelligent, hardworking, versatile, compassionate and blessed with determination, perseverance and grit.

To all the women who made the list this year—well done. The choices were our toughest ones yet, and to those who didn’t make the final cut – pl...