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Catalysing Capital for Real-World Decarbonisation, At Scale
While progress has been made in pricing carbon emissions, there is still a long way to go in addressing climate-related challenges. As exchanges, we have a collective responsibility to contribute towards a low-carbon future. By harnessing the power of capital markets, we can contribute to solving the largest market failure and drive real-world decarbonisation.
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News & Views
Watch latest WFE video - 'Markets in Renewal'
Published: Oct 2018
At the opening of the WFE Annual Meeting in Athens on Wednesday 3 October, the WFE showed its latest video, entitled 'Markets in Renewal'.
ESG
The WFE publishes five Sustainability Principles for member exchanges
Published: Oct 2018
The WFE has published a set of five WFE Sustainability Principles that constitute a formal declaration by the WFE and its membership to take on a leadership role in promoting the sustainable finance agenda.
News & Views
The WFE welcomes six new members
Published: Oct 2018
On Wednesday 3 October 2018, at the 58th General Assembly in Athens, the WFE admitted six new members taking the total number of full members to 70, an historic high. With six members joining since the last General Assembly in 2017, the WFE now represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers.
News & Views
The WFE publishes report into global SME markets
Published: Oct 2018
The WFE has published a report (together with a supplementary dataset) entitled 'An overview of WFE SME markets', examining the current status of 33 SME markets across 29 WFE member exchanges.
News & Views
The WFE elects seven Board Directors
Published: Oct 2018
On Wednesday 3 October 2018, at the 58th General Assembly in Athens , the WFE elected seven Directors of the Board.
Technology
The WFE responds to BOE-FCA-PRA discussion paper on operational resilience
Published: Oct 2018
The WFE has published its response to the BoE-FCA-PRA Discussion Paper on Operational Resilience. The discussion paper calls on firms to demonstrate their operational resilience in the event of a cyber-attack or IT disruption.
Technology
The WFE responds to Global Financial Network (GFIN) Consultation
Published: Oct 2018
The WFE has responded to the Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN) Consultation Document.
Emerging Markets
National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) celebrates silver jubilee this year
Published: Oct 2018
India’s multi-asset exchange and largest stock exchange National Stock Exchange of India limited (NSE) is celebrating its silver jubilee this year, writes the NSE's Corporate Communications team.
News & Views
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision: What is next now that post-crisis regulatory reform has been completed?
Published: Oct 2018
At the recent 58th WFE GA&AM in Athens, William Coen, Secretary General, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision sat down for a fireside chat with Edward Tilly, Chairman & CEO of Cboe Global Markets, and discussed the importance of global standards. Here, William writes about the Committee's programme, and looks ahead to the future now the reform agenda has been finalised.