A career should be fun, enjoyable and rewarding. Find a field and a firm where you enjoy the work so it is not just a job or a step in your career, it is a passion and then success will follow.

Clearing is facing some profound challenges, but there are also plenty of opportunities as well. WFE Clear 2024 is an excellent networking forum for the industry to gather together to learn about these very issues.

Stephen Dorrian, Head of Market Data & Access Services for Europe at Cboe, reflects on the programme and how residential weeks in London and Chicago were beneficial, useful and enjoyable.

BMV Promotion and Issuers Director Juan Manuel Olivo Tirado says the MIC programme is a great way for participants to add to their knowledge, generate ideas and analyse the industry.

Successful exchanges will be those ready to adopt innovative technologies. An authentic understanding of the complexities involved with modern, digital-first infrastructures is therefore crucial.

Secular trends, including the growth of passive investing and ETFs, the internalisation of portfolio management, and the integration of ESG factors into the investment process, are creating benchmark and index opportunities.

Exchanges should expect and be prepared for the unexpected. Working closely with the WFE team and members will go a long way in building a resilient, adaptive, sustainable and forward-looking ecosystem that can respond dynamically to changing trends that come our way.

SIX CEO Jos Dijsselhof talks about launching a new joint venture exchange in Asia and his concerns about the impact of ongoing political conflicts.

A healthy society needs economic growth – to create jobs, generate tax revenue – and ultimately secure the future of everyone who lives in it. TMX is a passionate advocate for building Canada into a world-leading environment for businesses to succeed, with a fair and competitive business tax environment, globally-competitive incentives for entrepreneurs, and regulatory certainty and predictability.