The WFE has published its five strategic priorities for 2019: regulatory coherence or market fragmentation; technology-related policy work on topics including initial coin offerings (ICOs), crypto assets and cyber resilience; ESG issues in market structure; clarifying the nature of market data; and CCP-related capital matters.

The WFE has published its Full Year Market Highlights for 2018.

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.

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.

Lukas Gähwiler, Chairman of UBS Switzerland AG and Member of the Board of the Swiss Finance Council

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.

Adena Friedman, President & CEO, Nasdaq writes about the trends that will continue to shape markets and the broader economic landscape in the year ahead.

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.

Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) flagship charity initiative Bull Charge held its annual Charity Run on 30 November, rallying the financial community to another successful year of fundraising with more than $3.3 million in proceeds, the highest amount in over a decade.