Thirty-two WFE members joined the ’Ring the Bell for Gender Equality’ initiative between 5-9 March to promote female economic empowerment for International Women’s Day 2018 (Thursday 8 March). In total, 65 exchanges participated in the initiative.

The WFE has welcomed the UK Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) initiative to consult the market on broadening the reach of its existing regulatory sandbox, and reiterated its support for a globally coherent approach to FinTech.

The WFE has published a joint report with global management consultancy McKinsey & Company's Banking & Securities Practice on the fintech landscape in the Capital Markets Infrastructure (CMI) industry.

The WFE has published a report into family businesses, investigating the opportunities and challenges for family firms when considering public equity as a source of funding.

Dr. Stefano Alderighi, Senior Economist – Researcher at the WFE, attended and presented the WFE's research on retail trading in emerging markets at the first International Workshop on Econometrics and Empirical Economics (IWEEE).

We are pleased to feature a Q&A with Geoffrey O. Odundo, CEO, Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), one of the WFE's newest members.

Stock markets got off to a strong start in 2018, maintaining the momentum observed in 2017 as valuations continued to soar and benchmark indices scaled new record highs in several markets across the globe.

For the fourth year, a global collaboration of 59 stock exchanges around the world plan to 'Ring the Bell for Gender Equality' to celebrate International Women’s Day 2018 (Thursday 8 March 2018).

There are just a couple of weeks until Global Money Week 2018!