Editor's Pick
Exchanges must play a pivotal role in raising financial awareness
Overcoming the public’s emotional and rational barriers to capital-market investment is vital to raising the standard of financial literacy across society, writes Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Chief Executive Officer Ittai Ben-Zeev. He describes how the Israeli bourse is working to break these barriers down.
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Features
News & Views
The WFE publishes 2018 Full Year Market Highlights
Published: Feb 2019
The WFE has published its Full Year Market Highlights for 2018.
ESG
Green finance trends in 2019
Published: Feb 2019
Julie Becker, Head of the Luxembourg Green Exchange (LGX) & Member of the Executive Committee of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) shares the firm's green finance outlook for 2019 – the key green finance trends that we may see in the coming months.
News & Views
The role international standards bodies can play in mitigating the risks of market fragmentation
Published: Feb 2019
Mark Wetjen, Managing Director, Head of Global Public Policy, DTCC & Chairman of the Board, DTCC Deriv/SERV LLC writes about how market structure reforms and International Standards Bodies (ISBs) can play an important role in helping to mitigate issues around market fragmentation.
News & Views
The art of risk management: a tale of errors and successes
Published: Feb 2019
André d’Almeida Monteiro, Chief Risk Officer from B3 takes a deep look at risk management by tracing its evolution from Renaissance Europe to the present day.
News & Views
Regulatory cooperation in the area of financial services: in need of closer cooperation, more convergence and more legal certainty
Published: Feb 2019
Lukas Gähwiler, Chairman of UBS Switzerland AG and Member of the Board of the Swiss Finance Council
News & Views
2019 Viewpoints: Dr Urs Rüegsegger, Chairman, SIX Swiss Exchange & Chairman, WFE
Published: Jan 2019
Dr Urs Rüegsegger, Chairman, SIX Swiss Exchange & Chairman, WFE writes about the importance of exchanges and CCPs in the wider financial ecosystem, and also looks ahead to his two-year tenure as Chairman of the WFE.
Research
The WFE publishes second report on factors that drive international investor participation in emerging markets
Published: Jan 2019
The WFE has published a report - from the investor viewpoint - that seeks to understand what encourages or discourages international investor participation in emerging markets.
News & Views
New chapters in innovation and disruption will be written in 2019
Published: Jan 2019
Adena Friedman, President & CEO, Nasdaq writes about the trends that will continue to shape markets and the broader economic landscape in the year ahead.
News & Views
Stock Exchanges to join Global Money Week, 25–31 March 2019
Published: Jan 2019
Global Money Week (GMW) is an annual financial awareness campaign built to inspire children and young people to learn about money matters, livelihoods and entrepreneurship. The 8th edition of GMW is taking place from 25-31 March 2019 in over 150 countries.