Editor's Pick
TotalMarkets: Making the case for market structure reform
Adena Friedman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Nasdaq writes about the firm's new blueprint - TotalMarkets: Blueprint for a Better Tomorrow - which focuses on the market structure that supports the trading of public companies, offering five objectives for regulatory market reform.
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Features
Emerging Markets
The journey of moving towards T+2 in Thailand
Published: Mar 2018
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.
News & Views
Public Venture Capital (SMEs) - If it were easy, everyone would be great at it
Published: Mar 2018
Ungad Chadda, SVP, Head of Enterprise Strategy & Former President, Capital Formation, TMX Group was a panellist at the WFE SME Conference on a session focused on new models for SME market-based financing; he takes us through the key discussion points.
News & Views
Richard Metcalfe named as the WFE’s Head of Regulatory Affairs
Published: Mar 2018
The WFE is pleased to confirm Richard Metcalfe has been appointed as its Head of Regulatory Affairs.
News & Views
65 exchanges ‘Ring the Bell for Gender Equality’ to celebrate International Women’s Day 2018
Published: Mar 2018
Thirty-two WFE members joined the ’Ring the Bell for Gender Equality’ initiative between 5-9 March to promote female economic empowerment for International Women’s Day 2018 (Thursday 8 March). In total, 65 exchanges participated in the initiative.
Technology
The WFE responds to FCA’s consultation on global sandboxes to test FinTech applications
Published: Mar 2018
The WFE has welcomed the UK Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) initiative to consult the market on broadening the reach of its existing regulatory sandbox, and reiterated its support for a globally coherent approach to FinTech.
Technology
The WFE & McKinsey joint report on fintech in capital markets infrastructure industry reveals likely future innovations & opportunities
Published: Mar 2018
The WFE has published a joint report with global management consultancy McKinsey & Company's Banking & Securities Practice on the fintech landscape in the Capital Markets Infrastructure (CMI) industry.
News & Views
The WFE publishes research report into family businesses & listing
Published: Mar 2018
The WFE has published a report into family businesses, investigating the opportunities and challenges for family firms when considering public equity as a source of funding.
Emerging Markets
The WFE attends International Workshop on Econometrics and Empirical Economics
Published: Feb 2018
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).
News & Views
Ring the Bell for Gender Equality 2018 - next week!
Published: Feb 2018
For the fourth year, a global collaboration of 59 stock exchanges around the world plan to 'Ring the Bell for Gender Equality' to celebrate International Women’s Day 2018 (Thursday 8 March 2018).