News & Views
The WFE welcomes six new members
Published: Oct 2018
On Wednesday 3 October 2018, at the 58th General Assembly in Athens, the WFE admitted six new members taking the total number of full members to 70, an historic high. With six members joining since the last General Assembly in 2017, the WFE now represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers.
News & Views
The WFE publishes report into global SME markets
Published: Oct 2018
The WFE has published a report (together with a supplementary dataset) entitled 'An overview of WFE SME markets', examining the current status of 33 SME markets across 29 WFE member exchanges.
News & Views
The WFE elects seven Board Directors
Published: Oct 2018
On Wednesday 3 October 2018, at the 58th General Assembly in Athens , the WFE elected seven Directors of the Board.
Technology
The WFE responds to BOE-FCA-PRA discussion paper on operational resilience
Published: Oct 2018
The WFE has published its response to the BoE-FCA-PRA Discussion Paper on Operational Resilience. The discussion paper calls on firms to demonstrate their operational resilience in the event of a cyber-attack or IT disruption.
Technology
The WFE responds to Global Financial Network (GFIN) Consultation
Published: Oct 2018
The WFE has responded to the Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN) Consultation Document.
Emerging Markets
National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) celebrates silver jubilee this year
Published: Oct 2018
India’s multi-asset exchange and largest stock exchange National Stock Exchange of India limited (NSE) is celebrating its silver jubilee this year, writes the NSE's Corporate Communications team.
News & Views
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision: What is next now that post-crisis regulatory reform has been completed?
Published: Oct 2018
At the recent 58th WFE GA&AM in Athens, William Coen, Secretary General, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision sat down for a fireside chat with Edward Tilly, Chairman & CEO of Cboe Global Markets, and discussed the importance of global standards. Here, William writes about the Committee's programme, and looks ahead to the future now the reform agenda has been finalised.
CEO Letter
CEO Letter - September 2018
Published: Sep 2018
Dear Colleagues,
Welcome to the September issue of Focus.
Dr Pakorn Peetathawatchai took the position of President of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) on 1 June 2018, becoming the 13th SET President. This month in the Executive Profile section, we talk to him about his first 100 days in the role, how he is putting technology at the heart of the business, and his vision for the future.
We are pleased to welcome a contribution from Thomas Zeeb, Head Securities & Exchanges, SIX, who writes about the launch of SIX Digital Exchange, the world's first fully integrated infrastructur...
Monthly Insights
Equity derivatives volumes traded from January to August 2018 (compared to January to August 2017)
Published: Sep 2018
Globally equity markets have recorded a surge in trading activity since the beginning of 2018.