Eva Hupkes, Head of Regulatory and Supervisory Policies at the FSB, examines how CCPs can weather shocks to the financial system and stay resilient in a changing and uncertain world.

A fair assessment of the implementation of the MiFID II framework will conclude that we did not manage to accomplish all the objectives we had envisioned. The objective of MiFID II was to turn on the light in financial markets and by doing so increase overall market transparency and efficiency. Unfortunately, this goal has at best been only partially achieved, writes Markus Ferber, MEP.

Robert Steigerwald, Senior Policy Advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, examines the salient issues in default management, recovery, and resolution in CCPs.

WFE Chairman Urs Rüegsegger highlighted the challenges that lie ahead for derivatives markets In his keynote address at the recent Clearing & Derivatives Conference.

As derivatives markets look toward a post-pandemic era, Dawn DeBerry Stump, Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, discusses the importance of education and collaboration in emerging stronger from the crisis.

Alexandra Hachmeister, Managing Director, Head of Market Data + Services, Deutsche Boerse AG talks competition, the lack of regulatory case for a consolidated tape and asks who really benefits?

Marc Berthoud, Head Exchange Data Strategy at SIX Securities & Exchanges, tells us why a European Consolidated Tape may not be the answer.

David Murphy, Prudential Policy Directorate, Bank of England

Alessandro Cocco, Vice President and Head of Financial Markets Group, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago