Magnus Almqvist, CEO of Exberry, examines the rapid rise of prediction markets and the infrastructure, regulatory frameworks, and market integrity standards required to support their growth at institutional scale.

Alyona Bulda, SVP, Emerging Technologies, and Dmitry Kolpakov, Chief Financial Officer at Exactpro, examine the critical questions FMI technology teams must address earlier to strengthen resilience across trading and post-trade systems.

Suraj Pandey, Head of Business Development at pTools Software, explains how AI-enabled processing is improving the speed, accuracy and compliance of corporate announcements, while reducing operational risk across capital markets.

Lateral experiences and reflective pauses can build capability, resilience and perspective.

Each challenge represents an opportunity to grow, and each success is a stepping stone for the next endeavour.

Cultivating trusted peer networks and having a manager invested in your development significantly enhances growth opportunities.

Define achievement on your own terms, choose the path that resonates most deeply, and commit to it with conviction.

Bjorn Sibbern, CEO of SIX, reviews a year of strategic progress and sets out the group’s priorities for 2026 as it works to build a more connected and interoperable European market.

Islam Abdel Azim Azzam, Chairman of the Egyptian Stock Exchange, tells us what has changed in the business over the past year and what he is looking forward to in 2026.