ESG
Ring the Bell for Gender Equality 2019
Published: Mar 2019
Many WFE members participated in 'Ring the Bell for Gender Equality' to celebrate International Women's Day 2019.
CCPs
Holding margin for a rainy day
Published: Mar 2019
Tore Klevenberg, Partner and CEO, Baymarkets AS writes about risk add-ons.
CEO Letter
CEO Letter - February 2019
Published: Feb 2019
Dear Colleagues
Welcome to the February issue of Focus.
We are pleased to have two contributions this month on the important topic of regulatory coherence, or equivalence, a key strategic priority for the WFE in 2019. We hear from Mark Wetjen, Managing Director, Head of Global Public Policy, DTCC & Chairman of the Board, DTCC Deriv/SERV LLC on the role that market structure reforms and international standards bodies can play in mitigating the risks of market fragmentation; and from Lukas Gähwiler, Chairman, UBS Switzerland AG & Member of the Board, Swiss Finance Council who writes that...
Monthly Insights
Median Simple Spreads in 2018
Published: Feb 2019
This month we examine the performance of a WFE indicator called the Median Simple Spread (MSS).
News & Views
The WFE publishes its strategic priorities for 2019
Published: Feb 2019
The WFE has published its five strategic priorities for 2019: regulatory coherence or market fragmentation; technology-related policy work on topics including initial coin offerings (ICOs), crypto assets and cyber resilience; ESG issues in market structure; clarifying the nature of market data; and CCP-related capital matters.
CCPs
The WFE responds to FSB’s discussion paper on financial resources to support CCP resolution
Published: Feb 2019
The WFE has responded to the FSB’s paper entitled ‘Financial resources to support CCP resolution and the treatment of CCP equity in resolution’.
News & Views
The WFE publishes 2018 Full Year Market Highlights
Published: Feb 2019
The WFE has published its Full Year Market Highlights for 2018.
ESG
Green finance trends in 2019
Published: Feb 2019
Julie Becker, Head of the Luxembourg Green Exchange (LGX) & Member of the Executive Committee of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) shares the firm's green finance outlook for 2019 – the key green finance trends that we may see in the coming months.
News & Views
The role international standards bodies can play in mitigating the risks of market fragmentation
Published: Feb 2019
Mark Wetjen, Managing Director, Head of Global Public Policy, DTCC & Chairman of the Board, DTCC Deriv/SERV LLC writes about how market structure reforms and International Standards Bodies (ISBs) can play an important role in helping to mitigate issues around market fragmentation.