Dear Colleagues

Welcome to the November issue of Focus.

This week the WFE signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA), aimed at supporting the development of the wider African capital market. We are delighted to announce this ground-breaking collaboration with ASEA because whilst the WFE’s market development mandate has always been a key pillar of the federation, this agreement crystallises our vision to support members in specific regions with targeted activity. We look forward to engaging more deeply on the topics that matter to...

Dear Colleagues

Welcome to the October issue of Focus, a particularly heavyweight edition.

We look back with fond memories to the 58^th WFE General Assembly & Annual Meeting (GA&AM), which took place in Athens from 2-4 October.  We would like to thank our gracious hosts, the Athens Stock Exchange, for an outstanding event.  With more than 360 delegates this year, our Annual Meeting was the largest in WFE history, matched only by the sheer quality of our formidable roster of speakers, moderators and panellists.

Our Executive Interview of the month features, of course, our warm GA&AM ...

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the September issue of Focus. 

Dr Pakorn Peetathawatchai took the position of President of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) on 1 June 2018, becoming the 13th SET President.  This month in the Executive Profile section, we talk to him about his first 100 days in the role, how he is putting technology at the heart of the business, and his vision for the future.

We are pleased to welcome a contribution from Thomas Zeeb, Head Securities & Exchanges, SIX, who writes about the launch of SIX Digital Exchange, the world's first fully integrated infrastructur...

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the August issue of Focus.  We are delighted to unveil a brand-new, modern look-and-feel for the magazine, whilst still staying true to the vibrant, quality, industry-led content that has always been its mainstay. We hope you like the new format, which allows for easier navigation between thematic content, and past issues, along with greater visual impact.  The Focus website is also aligned to the new WFE website which will be launched next month – more to follow on that in due course. 

Two years since Dominic Stevens became CEO of ASX, we talk to him in the Exe...

Dear Colleagues

Welcome to the May issue of Focus, which has a real CCP flavour this month.

We continue to look back at the key themes to emerge from our recent IOMA: WFE’s Clearing & Derivatives Conference, with a number of interviews and contributions from participants at the event.

We kick off with a Q&A interview with Craig Phillips, Counselor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury who joined me and Craig Donohue, OCC's Executive Chairman & CEO, and hosts of this year’s IOMA, in a Fireside Chat. In this issue, he addresses some of the critical questions around Treasury’s key ref...

Dear Colleagues

Welcome to the April issue of Focus.

This month we look back at the recent 35th IOMA: WFE’s Clearing & Derivatives Conference, hosted in Chicago by the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC). We would like to thank our very kind hosts, who put on a truly memorable event in one of the greatest cities in the world.

The theme of IOMA this year focused on the important role of exchanges and CCPs in maintaining market integrity, and this topic formed the basis of a joint report between the WFE and Oliver Wyman, which was launched at the event. The report looked at three key areas: how e...

Dear Colleagues

Welcome to the March issue of Focus, where we look back at the recent WFE SME Conference in Valletta, hosted by the Malta Stock Exchange (MSE). The WFE would like to thank our very wonderful hosts for their outstanding hospitality in what is truly a remarkable city and country.

In the Executive Interview section, we are delighted to welcome SME Conference host Joseph Portelli, Chairman, Malta Stock Exchange (MSE), who talks to us about the impact of the recent WFE SME Conference in Malta, outlines the exchange's strong focus on SMEs, including its Prospects MTF platform, and sh...

Dear Colleagues

Welcome to the February issue of Focus, where we look back at the recent WFE Working Committee in Frankfurt at the end of last month, hosted by Deutsche Börse AG.

At the meeting, we welcomed a compelling presentation from Dr Alexandra Hachmeister, Chief Regulatory Officer, Head of Group Regulatory Strategy, Deutsche Börse AG who gave us the view of a Financial Market Infrastructure (FMI) operator in the European Union on the regulation of financial markets. This month, we feature a summary of that presentation, where Alexandra outlines the main drivers for European financial ma...