Mr Luong Hai Sinh, Chairman of the Vietnam Exchange, outlines how the Exchange is piloting its Green Equity designation to channel capital into climate-aligned companies, strengthen market integrity, and support Vietnam’s transition to a low-carbon economy.

Joseph Oko Lartey, CEO, Central Securities Depository (GH) Ltd, highlights CSD Ghana’s new platform as a major step forward for innovation, inclusion and regional integration.

Alyona Bulda, Head of Global Exchanges, and Daria Degtiarenko, Senior Marketing Communications Manager at Exactpro, write about testing approaches for AI-driven systems in financial market infrastructures.

Dr Ying Liu, Economist, and Dr Kaitao Lin, Senior Financial Economist, at the WFE, explore the economic, institutional, social and cultural factors that have shaped how exchanges around the world have engaged with ESG over the past decade.

James Auliffe, Senior Manager, Regulatory Affairs at the WFE, sets out policy recommendations on how well-calibrated tax regimes can support investment, strengthen capital formation, and enhance the role of capital markets in driving sustainable economic growth.

Dr. Ishak Demir, Economist at the WFE, writes about measuring IPO admission rules: the listing stringency index.

Dr Erfan Ghofrani, Economist at the WFE, writes about stock exchanges at scale: trends, trade-offs and implications.

York Hao Yeo and Timothy Tan, AVP of Risk Validation and AVP of Sustainability & Sustainable Finance at SGX Group, share how the company is cutting its emissions and helping the wider financial ecosystem through its Climate Transition Plan.

Christa Clapp, Co-Founder of Shades of Green & Global Head of Sustainable Finance Market Analytics at S&P Global Ratings, talks about the nascent green equity market and the promising signs for future growth.