News & Views
The WFE and its members pay tribute to Magnus Böcker
Published: Aug 2017
The WFE and its members are united in their grief following the passing of Magnus Böcker, who tragically died of cancer on 26 July 2017.
Reports & Analysis
Market highlights – H1 2017
Published: Aug 2017
This article is based on WFE’s recently published half year highlights and shows H1 2017 performance relative to H1 2016 for 68 exchanges across key metrics.
News & Views
NSE launches X-Academy to further promote financial literacy
Published: Aug 2017
Olumide Orojimi, Brand & Corporate Communications Thought Leader, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) takes us through the exchange's recent launch of a knowledge platform, X-Academy, aimed at improving financial literacy.
News & Views
Global IPOs: what are the driving trends in today’s market?
Published: Aug 2017
Martin Steinbach, Global & EMEIA IPO Leader, EY discusses the driving trends in today’s global IPO market.
Interviews
Interview with Ramon Monzon, President & CEO, Philippine Stock Exchange
Published: Aug 2017
We interview Mr Monzon, following his recent appointment to the role of President & CEO of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE).
CEO Letter
CEO Letter - August 2017
Published: Aug 2017
Dear Colleagues,
After a summer break, welcome to your August 2017 issue of Focus.
The WFE and its members are united in their grief following the passing of Magnus Böcker in July. Magnus, who was known to many of us personally, had decades of leadership experience in the exchange industry. He became CEO of OMX AB in 2003, having joined the organisation in the 1980s. He was President of NASDAQ OMX during 2008 and 2009, after spearheading the merger of OMX and Nasdaq in 2008, and was CEO of the Singapore Exchange from 2009 to June 2015.
Magnus, who was also associated with the WFE f...
Technology
IT as enabler or investment?
Published: Aug 2017
Brendan Bradley, Co-Founder, Seismic Foundry looks back at the IT panel from the recent WFE & Imperial College’s Technology Conference in London.
Technology
Blockchain: Challenges in financial sector use
Published: Aug 2017
Deutsche Börse’s Stefan Teis, SVP, Business & Product Development writes about the challenges and opportunities of using Blockchain in the financial services sector.
Technology
RegTech and AI enable compliance and enhanced oversight for exchanges
Published: Aug 2017
RegTech is not new, but the cost of complying with myriad regulations has pushed it into the limelight recently, write Frank Hatheway and Tony Sio from Nasdaq.