Issue 103: December 2025
Editor's Pick
Local Renewable Markets, Global Impact: The Growing Role of Exchanges in the I-REC Ecosystem
Published: Dec 2025
Russell Karas, Senior Vice President and Head of the Strategic Market Solutions Division at Xpansiv, explores how exchanges are shaping the evolution of International Renewable Energy Certificate (I-REC) markets.
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CCPs
Eurex Clearing’s Contribution to Digital Integration of Financial Markets
Published: Dec 2025
Dr. Efthimia Kefalea, Director, Head of Derivatives Clearing Development, explains how Eurex Clearing, part of Deutsche Börse Group, is driving the digital transformation of financial market infrastructure.
Features
Always On, Always Ready: The New Mandate for Asian Market Infrastructure
Published: Dec 2025
Magnus Haglind, Senior Vice President, Capital Markets Technology at Nasdaq, outlines how Asia’s market operators can modernise mission-critical infrastructure to unlock real-time data, accelerate post-trade harmonisation, and prepare for the next era of AI-driven capital markets.
Emerging Markets
Bolsa Mexicana de Valores: Guiding the Capital Markets' Green Transition
Published: Dec 2025
Nalleli Barajas, Deputy Director of Sustainability, talks about Grupo Bolsa Mexicana de Valores' commitment to addressing climate change and how BMV delivers on it as a stock exchange and as a listed company.
ESG
From ESG to EGCX: How the Egyptian Climate Exchange Is Driving Sustainable Finance and Market Transformation
Published: Dec 2025
As EGX launches the Egyptian Climate Exchange and strengthens its climate governance initiatives, Mayar Sherif Helal, Senior Sustainability and Environmental Market Specialist, highlights how the exchange is accelerating Egypt’s leadership in sustainable finance.
ESG
Introducing the EU Taxonomy Issuers Window on the LGX Platform
Published: Dec 2025
Lucas Rabiot, Head of LGX Operations at LuxSE, explains how the new EU Taxonomy Issuers Window gives investors a clearer view of which companies are driving the green transition.
Emerging Markets
Building a Sustainable and Integrated Capital Market for the Region
Published: Dec 2025
Carlos Barrios, Sustainability and IR Senior Manager, nuam, talks us through their plans to build an integrated capital market that drives economic growth and contributes to the region’s sustainable development.
ESG
Carbon Inequality: Price Discovery and Market Dynamics in the Voluntary Carbon Market
Published: Dec 2025
Dr Ying Liu, Financial Economist at the WFE, analysed more than 250,000 carbon-credit transactions across 2,200 projects worldwide between 2017 and 2024, using econometric and machine learning methods.
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