We hear from Dr. Alexandra Hachmeister, Chief Regulatory Officer, Head of Group Regulatory Strategy, Deutsche Börse AG following the recent WFE Working Committee.

We are delighted to welcome a contribution from Thailand Securities Institute (TSI), The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET)about its financial literacy programme, delivered through its innovative investment museum INVESTORY.

Adena Friedman, President & CEO, Nasdaq writes about the idea of adapting the best features of equities markets into more of our daily transactions - what Nasdaq calls the Markets Economy.

n October, the WFE attended two key industry events as part of its role as advocate for the global financial market infrastructure sector.

The WFE has published a position paper discussing the implications of international regulatory dissonance, supported by a series of policy recommendations to promote better regulatory coherence.

On 22 November 2017, Stefano Alderighi, the WFE's Senior Economist – Researcher attended a workshop entitled 'Equity Financing of the EU Economy'.

Japan Exchange Group (JPX) held a series of events in Tokyo on 2 October 2017 to open IOSCO's inaugural World Investor Week.

The second Women Leaders in Financial Infrastructure event took place on Monday 25 September, with more than 120 participants from 39 organisations located across 14 countries.

The latest WFE video, first shown at the 57th WFE Annual Meeting in Bangkok in early September, is focused on the social value of stock exchanges, and explores the ways in which an exchange can contribute to the society and real economy around it.