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Nandini Sukumar
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CEO Letter - May 2025

Published: May 2025
Welcome to the May 2025 issue of WFE Focus. 

This month, our featured article comes from DTCC. Matt Johnson, Executive Director of Institutional Trade Processing Product Management and Industry Relations, discusses how the company is helping market participants prepare for the UK Accelerated Settlement Taskforce implementation plan.

In our Editor's Pick, Chris Jones, Chief Operating Officer at LME Clear, outlines how recent changes have strengthened its defaulter-pays model.

We have a Q&A with Magnus Almqvist, CEO of Exberry. He offers his insights on why agile, modern infrastructure is essential...
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Nandini Sukumar
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CEO Letter - April 2025

Published: Apr 2025
Welcome to the April 2025 issue of WFE Focus. 

In this issue, we highlight WFEClear 2025, the 41st edition of the WFE’s annual Clearing and Derivatives conference, which was hosted by the Korea Exchange (KRX) in Seoul this month.

Set against the dynamic backdrop of one of Asia’s most innovative financial centres, WFEClear 2025 brought together the global clearing community for three days of discussion, collaboration and forward-looking exploration. With 49 speakers and more than 170 participants from around the world, the conference explored the regulatory, operational and technological challeng...
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Nandini Sukumar
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CEO Letter March 2025

Published: Mar 2025

Welcome to the WFE Women Leaders 2025 edition of Focus. This year marks the fifth anniversary of this important initiative, and we are proud to celebrate the talented women who are shaping the future of our industry.

This year, we received many nominations from inspirational women who are redefining leadership across emerging and developed markets. All the nominees are exceptional and talented leaders — motivational, insightful, diligent, adaptable, compassionate and driven by determination, resilience and grit.

To the 20 women who made this year’s list — congratulations. The Selection Committ...

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Nandini Sukumar
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CEO Letter - February 2025

Published: Feb 2025

Welcome to the February edition of Focus.

This month, Terry Duffy, Chairman and CEO of CME Group, reflects on CME's record growth in 2024 and outlines the company's goals for 2025. In our second feature, Loui Anastasopoulos, CEO of the Toronto Stock Exchange and Global Head of Capital Formation at TMX Group, discusses the launch of the new Canada Climate Week Xchange initiative.

In addition, we hear from four participants of The World Federation of Exchanges Market Infrastructure Certificate (MIC) programme. Jeff Kimsey, Vice President at Nasdaq, is our Editor's Pick and he is joined by Chihun...

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Nandini Sukumar
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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...

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Nandini Sukumar
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CEO Letter - December 2024

Published: Dec 2024

Welcome to the December edition of Focus.

In our final issue this year we reflect on a wide range of themes and issues affecting global exchanges in the wake of the 63rd WFE General Assembly and Annual Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that took place in November.

Our cover story is the Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's keynote address, in which he talked about Malaysia's vibrant economy, sustainability, the need for international cooperation and ASEAN's new memorandum of understanding.

We feature a piece by ASEAN exchanges that looks at the MOU and regional ...





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Nandini Sukumar
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CEO Letter - November 2024

Published: Nov 2024

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...

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Nandini Sukumar
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CEO Letter - October 2024

Published: Oct 2024

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...

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Nandini Sukumar
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CEO Letter - September 2024

Published: Sep 2024

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...

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