Thapelo Tsheole
Emerging Markets

Botswana Stock Exchange hosts the 23rd Annual African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) Conference

Published: Dec 2019
Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) recently hosted the 23rd Annual General Meeting and Conference of the African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA). We hear more about the conference from Thapelo Tsheole, Chief Executive, BSE.
Jason Harrell
Technology

The age of resilience and digitalisation in financial services

Published: Dec 2019
Read about the importance of technology in creating resilience in the capital markets in this article from Jason Harrell, Head of Business and Government Cybersecurity Partnerships, DTCC.
CCPs

The WFE launches workplan to drive greater understanding around CCPs & their role in systemic safety

Published: Dec 2019
The WFE has said it is starting a 12-month workplan to ensure that the role and nature of CCPs is correctly understood, and is not undermined by narrow interests that diverge from good public policy.
Ramon Monzon
Technology

Philippine Stock Exchange launches web platform and mobile app for retail investors

Published: Dec 2019
Ramon Monzon, President & Chief Executive Officer, Philippine Stock Exchange, explains how technology is crucial to enabling investors to access the Philippine capital market. 
Wen-Lin SHIH
Emerging Markets

TWSE's foreign listings strategy

Published: Dec 2019
Taiwan Stock Exchange has a strong record in attracting foreign listing, writes Wen-Lin SHIH, Senior Vice President of Foreign Listing Department, Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE).
Robert Scharfe
ESG

ESG data on top of investors’ wish list

Published: Nov 2019
Robert Scharfe, CEO of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange writes about the recent launch of the LuxSE Guide to ESG Reporting, a comprehensive and solid roadmap for companies, issuers and asset managers to integrate ESG considerations into their business-decisions.
CEO Letter

CEO Letter - November 2019

Published: Nov 2019

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the November issue of Focus, our penultimate edition of the year.

We welcome Robert Scharfe, Chief Executive Officer of Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE), who tells us more about the LuxSE Guide to ESG Reporting. Launched just a few weeks ago, LuxSE’s Guide to ESG Reporting constitutes a comprehensive and solid roadmap for companies, issuers and asset managers to integrate ESG considerations into their business-decisions, strategies and operations, and illustrates how different stakeholders can proceed to meet investor demand for transparent and cl...



Dan Thieke
Technology

Resilience first: Be prepared for ‘when’ not ‘whether’

Published: Nov 2019
When it comes to making today’s interconnected financial ecosystem more resilient, everyone agrees it’s just a matter of ‘when', writes Dan Thieke, Managing Director, Business Risk & Resilience Management at DTCC.
News & Views

Women Leaders in Financial Infrastructure - London 2019

Published: Nov 2019
AFME and the DTCC, in collaboration with Diana Chan, the former CEO of EuroCCP, organised the 4th Annual Women Leaders in Financial Infrastructure Conference in London on Tuesday 19 November.