Welcome to this special Annual Meeting edition of Focus.

At our 64th Annual Meeting, hosted by Borsa Istanbul last month, we introduced the inaugural WFE Innovation in Market Infrastructure Award. We were pleased to receive several high-quality submissions from our members and congratulate the two joint winners:

Deutsche Börse Group (DBG) - D7 Digital Securities Platform, supporting a fully digital securities lifecycle, with more than 1.8 million issuances and €38 billion in volume.

Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) - NGX Invest, making public offers and rights issues more accessible for investors in...

Welcome to the October edition of Focus.

This month we mark IOSCO’s World Investor Week, with stock exchanges and market infrastructures around the globe joining the “Ring the Bell for Financial Literacy” campaign. Investor education and awareness are at the heart of resilient markets, and this issue brings together stories that highlight just how diverse and innovative these initiatives have become.

We begin with Marwa El Baz and Mario Fakhry of the Egyptian Exchange (EGX), who showcase the Exchange’s wide-ranging financial literacy programmes – from StockRiders to EGX Spotlight – designed to e...

Welcome to the September 2025 issue of WFE Focus.

Our featured article this month comes from Borsa İstanbul, host of the WFE’s 64th General Assembly and Annual Meeting. The exchange highlights Türkiye’s growing role in global capital markets and extends a warm welcome to all delegates, as we look forward to gathering in Istanbul on 21–23 October.

Our Editor’s Pick is by Olga Cantillo, Executive President of Latinex Group, who reflects on Latinex’s 35-year journey from Panama’s local exchange to a global gateway.

Joseph Oko Lartey, CEO of Central Securities Depository (GH) Ltd, presents CSD Ghana’

Welcome to the August edition of Focus.

This month, we open with an in-depth interview with Dato’ Fad’l Mohamed, the new CEO of Bursa Malaysia. With over three decades of experience across capital markets, legal services, and investment banking, he brings a clear vision for the Exchange’s future – one that centres on innovation, inclusivity, and long-term impact. From strengthening Malaysia’s leadership in the Islamic capital market to expanding sustainability and data capabilities, he outlines the steps Bursa Malaysia is taking to build a more dynamic, accessible multi-asset exchange.

We also s...

This month’s CEO letter is guest written by Victoria Powell, Senior Manager, Sustainability.

Welcome to the July edition of Focus. Last month we convened our members and stakeholders to discuss the key ESG issues within the exchange and market infrastructure space at SGX in Singapore. Exchanges sit at the core of the financial market, playing a vital role in creating the vehicles for capital to be deployed into sustainable development. We held a range of panels, keynote speeches and fireside chats from the industry leaders in this space discussing how the industry will meet the challenges of fi...

Welcome to the June edition of Focus.

To begin this issue, Alexandra Szakats, Vice President, Head of The Options Institute at Cboe, reflects on the organisation's decades-long efforts to provide world-class educational programming to market participants of all backgrounds.

We have an Op Ed by Magnus Haglind, Head of Marketplace Technology at Nasdaq. In his article, Magnus argues that market operators must shift from maintenance to innovation, embrace service-led models and modernise at scale.

Gavin Serkin, Founder & Managing Editor of Frontier Intelligence, talks about Morocco's derivatives expa...