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
ESG
Making finance work for humanity
Published: Nov 2018
Karim Hajji, CEO, Bourse de Casablanca writes about the exchange's commitment to promoting sustainable finance.
Emerging Markets
KASE holds Kazakhstan Stock Exchange Forum
Published: Nov 2018
On 16 November 2018, Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC (KASE) organised the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange Forum entitled ‘The Role of stock exchanges in the economy's sustainable development’.
News & Views
The state of implementation of MiFID II and preparing for Brexit
Published: Oct 2018
Steven Maijoor, Chair, European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) opened the 2018 WFE Annual Meeting in Athens with this key note speech.
News & Views
Protecting transparency and liquidity in uncertain times
Published: Oct 2018
Following his participation in the 'renewal, rebuilding and rebirth of economies' panel at the recent 58th WFE GA&AM in Athens, Jan Boomaars, CEO, Optiver, writes about the dramatic increase of systematic internalisation and strict capital requirements that are creating an environment that threatens efficient markets in Europe.
ESG
Feature on Arunma Oteh, Treasurer, World Bank
Published: Oct 2018
At the recent 58th WFE GA&AM in Athens, Arunma took part in a fireside chat with Nandini Sukumar, CEO, WFE where Arunma spoke about how “exchanges can contribute to boosting shared prosperity around the world by catalyzing financial inclusion and economic participation.” Following that appearance, we are delighted to include a special feature on Arunma in the magazine this month.
News & Views
Meet the challenges collectively
Published: Oct 2018
Daniel Leon, Head of MACS Engineering and Execution, AXA IM gives the buy side perspective, and calls for a collective approach to prepare for the next crisis.
News & Views
ETFs and the making of the modern market
Published: Oct 2018
On the second day of the WFE's recent Annual Meeting in Athens, Samara Cohen, Head of iShares Global Markets, BlackRock gave a fascinating presentation on the ETF market, and traced trading and markets back through time to the use of clay tokens in 3500 BC. Samara summarises that presentation in this month's Focus.
News & Views
The WFE participates in UNCTAD's 2018 World Investment Forum
Published: Oct 2018
The WFE took a very active role in the recent UNCTAD World Investment Forum in Geneva, with WFE CEO Nandini Sukumar speaking at the event's Grand Opening, moderating the SSE Global Dialogue, and also a participant on the WFE/UNCTAD panel on sustainability, commodities and derivatives.
News & Views
Third annual ‘Women Leaders in Financial Infrastructure’ event takes place in Amsterdam
Published: Oct 2018
For the third time, female leaders came together, this time in Amsterdam, to share their experiences with aspiring future leaders of the industry.