Dear Colleagues

Welcome to your January 2018 issue of Focus. This month, we are pleased to welcome viewpoints from seven of our members, each offering their perspectives on the key themes and topics to look out for in the coming year. We are delighted to feature the following exchange and CCP executives:

• Gilson Finkelsztain, CEO, B3
• Ed Tilly, CEO & Chairman, Cboe Global Markets
  
• Diana Chan, CEO, EuroCCP
  
• Nicky Newton-King, CEO, JSE
  
• Alina Aldambergen, CEO, Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE)
  
• Chairman Jan-yau HSU, Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE)
• Ittai Ben-Zeev, CEO, Tel Aviv Stoc...

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to last issue of Focus for 2017. Thank you for your continued support and readership over the past 12 months, as we have grown and evolved the publication into a dynamic and even more relevant journal for the market infrastructure space. Look out for further improvements to the Focus website later on in 2018.

This month, we are very pleased to welcome Mark Peterson, CEO of NZX, who takes us through his first few months as CEO, and looks at the key role the exchange plays within the country's capital markets system.

We have a timely contribution from Michael...

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to November’s Focus, a packed issue full to bursting with news and updates from across the global financial market infrastructure sector.

In November, the WFE published a position paper discussing the implications of international regulatory dissonance, supported by a series of policy recommendations to promote better regulatory coherence. This important paper identified the adverse effects of diverging approaches to the implementation of financial regulation, and proposed solutions related to give key areas: disproportionate expense; implementation timelines; ...

Dear Colleagues

Welcome to Focus, the October issue.

This month, we are delighted to feature an interview with Kesara Manchusree, President, The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), following the recent WFE General Assembly & Annual Meeting in Bangkok. Khun Kesara tells us about SET’s dynamic three-part strategy, and outlines her vision for the exchange.

Businesses across industries are facing disruption and the exchange sector is no different, writes Loh Boon Chye, CEO, Singapore Exchange (SGX). His article makes for inspiring reading, and he concludes by saying that the exchanges of the future ...

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to your bumper September 2017 issue of Focus.

This month, we look back at the successful 57th WFE General Assembly & Annual Meeting (6-8 September, Bangkok, Thailand). The three-day event showcased the truly exceptional warmth and hospitality of our gracious hosts the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET); we would like to warmly thank each and every member of the SET team for an unforgettable conference.

The theme of the GA&AM this year was around the role of exchanges and CCPs in fostering economic growth and development, and this golden thread brought togethe...

Dear Colleagues,

After a summer break, welcome to your August 2017 issue of Focus.

The WFE and its members are united in their grief following the passing of Magnus Böcker in July. Magnus, who was known to many of us personally, had decades of leadership experience in the exchange industry. He became CEO of OMX AB in 2003, having joined the organisation in the 1980s. He was President of NASDAQ OMX during 2008 and 2009, after spearheading the merger of OMX and Nasdaq in 2008, and was CEO of the Singapore Exchange from 2009 to June 2015.

Magnus, who was also associated with the WFE f...

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the June 2017 issue of Focus, where, among other highlights, we look back at the WFE Working Committee (WoCo), which took place earlier this month. Over 50 participants from 30 exchanges and CCPs around the world met in London to discuss the ongoing work of the WFE, and take decisions on some key focus areas such as DLT and current Statistics Advisory Group (SAG) projects.

An important topic covered in June’s WoCo was how market infrastructures can navigate an increasingly regional world. Following on from that discussion, we are delighted to welcome a contr...

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the May 2017 issue of Focus, where we look back at the 42nd International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Annual Conference, which took place earlier this month.

As part of our review of the conference, we are delighted to welcome Paul Andrews, Secretary General, IOSCO. In this Q&A, Paul gives us an in-depth overview of the key priorities for the global standard setter, sets out his vision, and outlines the ways in which the WFE can work even more closely with IOSCO in the future, given our close alignment in terms of both mandate and priority...

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the April 2017 issue of Focus, where we look back at another memorable WFE IOMA Clearing & Derivatives Conference. The event, which took place in Frankfurt from 19-21 April, saw more than 150 delegates debate the most important market structure and business issues affecting the clearing and derivatives sector. We enjoyed razor-sharp insights and viewpoints from some of the most senior players in the sector - exchanges, CCPs, regulators, the buy side and the media - particularly around the topics of Brexit, cyber, the future of euro clearing, and CCP recovery and...