At the recent WFE SME conference in Malta, Dr Zeng Bin, Researcher, Research Institute, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) took part in a panel focused on the WFE report on listing family-run businesses. Here he writes about the experience of financing SMEs in China.

Hanita Othman, Vice President, Primary Market, Listing Development, Bursa Malaysia (BM) recently took part in the WFE’s SME conference, on a panel about global perspectives and solutions, and writes here about how BM has helped fundraising efforts by SMEs.

Kesara Manchusree, President, The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) outlines how the Thai market successfully moved to a T+2 settlement cycle earlier this month.

Dr. Stefano Alderighi, Senior Economist – Researcher at the WFE, attended and presented the WFE's research on retail trading in emerging markets at the first International Workshop on Econometrics and Empirical Economics (IWEEE).

A total of 10 exchanges and 23 representatives attended the Asian and Oceanian Stock Exchanges Federation (AOSEF) Working Committee, hosted by the Taipei Exchange (TPEx), in November 2017.

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) recently launched a state-of-the art data centre. With this implementation, the NSE can now offer state-of-the-art, secure cloud services to both market operators and firms.

Earlier this month I had the privilege of speaking on a panel at the WFE Annual Meeting focused on retail participation in the public markets, writes Alexander Afanasiev, CEO, Moscow Exchange.

WFE CEO Nandini Sukumar visited the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) in mid-September, meeting Chairman of the CSE, Ray Abeywardena and many other CSE colleagues.

Following his participation in the recent retail investor panel at the 57th WFE Annual Meeting, His Excellency Essa Kazim, Chairman of Dubai Financial Market (DFM) writes about DFM’s own experience with this important investor segment.