From 19-21 April, more than 150 senior delegates from clearinghouses, exchanges, regulators and other stakeholders gathered at the Hilton hotel in Frankfurt’s city centre for the 34th IOMA: WFE Clearing & Derivatives Conference, this year hosted by Eurex.

John Fennell, Executive Vice President & Chief Risk Officer, OCC, takes us through the importance of the implementation of SA-CCR.

Ali Al Hashimi, Executive Vice President - Head of Financial Services Division, Dubai Financial Market (DFM) gives us an overview of the UAE’s SME market.

This article looks at investment flows through exchanges in the first two months of 2017

Dr Kishore Sengupta, Reader in Operations Management at Cambridge Judge Business School, tells us why building project capability is so important.

We hear from four financial industry executives about the top regulatory issues related to new technologies, such as distributed ledger technology (DLT), and how to navigate these unchartered waters.

Dear Colleagues

Welcome to the March 2017 issue of Focus.

We are busy as we prepare for the 34th IOMA WFE Clearing & Derivatives Conference (19-21 April, Frankfurt), and look forward to welcoming you there. You can read the full programme here, and registration is still open, so please click here to sign up. The two-day agenda promises a rich and vibrant range of themes and issues for debate by WFE members and affiliates, key industry stakeholders, and the press.

Our CEO Interview this month is with Edemir Pinto, CEO of B3. He tells us about the creation of B3 - the combination of BM&FBOVESPA ...

We hear from Edemir Pinto about the creation of B3 - the combination of BM&FBOVESPA and CETIP - before he hands the reins to a new CEO in May 2017.

In March 2017, Dr Stefano Alderighi, Senior Economist at the WFE, gave talks at two prestigious academic departments.