Feng Jiang, President, Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) recently took part in the WFE’s Fostering Growth in Global Capital Markets symposium in Shanghai. This Q&A focuses on his viewpoints on building Shanghai as an international finance centre.

Zhenyi Tang, Chairman, CLSA, was a panellist at the WFE’s Fostering Growth in Global Capital Markets symposium in Shanghai. Here he writes about one of the key issues discussed at the event: building Shanghai as an international finance centre.

Vincent Dessard, Senior Regulatory Policy Advisor, EFAMA, spoke at last month’s WFE Working Committee meeting, and shares a summary of his presentation here, outlining the key issues impacting the European asset management industry.

Joanna Perkins, CEO, Financial Markets Law Committee (FMLC), discusses the potentially complicated issues arising from the UK leaving the European Union, and how this may impact the finance industry.

Angelo Evangelou, Chief Policy Officer, Cboe Global Markets, writes about the SEC's current Transaction Fee Pilot, and its potential impact on U.S. securities markets.

Tony Shaw, Head Sales UK & Ireland, Securities & Exchanges, SIX, discusses becoming named Europe’s ‘Most Valuable Exchange Brand’ by Brand Finance, how innovation is helping position the exchange's future, and MiFID ll.

Luxembourg Stock Exchange’s (LuxSE) Zuzanna Reda-Jakima, Head of Communications and Events, writes about LuxSE's recent 90-year anniversary celebrations in which sustainability, gender equality, and the future of the industry, were the main topics for discussion.

The size of the ETFs market worldwide continued to grow, with the first five months of 2018 recording a pickup both in terms of ETF listings and trading activity when compared to the same period in 2017.

Welcome to June’s issue of Focus, a bumper issue where we look back once again at our Working Committee meeting in London at the end of May, and our recent symposium in Shanghai.