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.

This article looks at the listings and value traded of ETFs in the first 8 months of 2017 when compared to the same period in 2016, based on data received from 45 exchanges.

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.

Paul Hilgers, CEO, Optiver gave a key note speech focused on risk at the 57th WFE Annual Meeting, and here shares with us his viewpoint on new market risks and how to mitigate them.

We hear from Arjun Jayaram, CEO, Baton Systems about why partnering with regulators matters.

At this year’s WFE annual meeting the WFE and UNCTAD launched a new joint report on the role of stock exchanges in fostering economic growth and sustainable development, writes James Zhan, Director, Investment and Enterprise, UNCTAD, and Editor-in-Chief, United Nations World Investment Report.

Arunma Oteh, Vice President and Treasurer, World Bank gave the opening key note speech at the recent WFE 57th Annual Meeting, and spoke about the critical role that exchanges play in fostering sustainable growth.

The WFE has responded to the CPMI-IOSCO Framework for Supervisory Stress Testing of Central Counterparties (CCPs).

On 7 September 2017, Mr WU Qing was elected Chairman of the WFE, and here he writes about how we can all work together to make our industry greater.