Issue 22: October 2018
Editor's Pick
Watch latest WFE video - 'Markets in Renewal'
Published: Oct 2018
At the opening of the WFE Annual Meeting in Athens on Wednesday 3 October, the WFE showed its latest video, entitled 'Markets in Renewal'.
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News & Views
Protecting transparency and liquidity in uncertain times
Published: Oct 2018
Following his participation in the 'renewal, rebuilding and rebirth of economies' panel at the recent 58th WFE GA&AM in Athens, Jan Boomaars, CEO, Optiver, writes about the dramatic increase of systematic internalisation and strict capital requirements that are creating an environment that threatens efficient markets in Europe.
News & Views
Meet the challenges collectively
Published: Oct 2018
Daniel Leon, Head of MACS Engineering and Execution, AXA IM gives the buy side perspective, and calls for a collective approach to prepare for the next crisis.
News & Views
ETFs and the making of the modern market
Published: Oct 2018
On the second day of the WFE's recent Annual Meeting in Athens, Samara Cohen, Head of iShares Global Markets, BlackRock gave a fascinating presentation on the ETF market, and traced trading and markets back through time to the use of clay tokens in 3500 BC. Samara summarises that presentation in this month's Focus.
News & Views
The WFE participates in UNCTAD's 2018 World Investment Forum
Published: Oct 2018
The WFE took a very active role in the recent UNCTAD World Investment Forum in Geneva, with WFE CEO Nandini Sukumar speaking at the event's Grand Opening, moderating the SSE Global Dialogue, and also a participant on the WFE/UNCTAD panel on sustainability, commodities and derivatives.
News & Views
Third annual ‘Women Leaders in Financial Infrastructure’ event takes place in Amsterdam
Published: Oct 2018
For the third time, female leaders came together, this time in Amsterdam, to share their experiences with aspiring future leaders of the industry.
ESG
The WFE publishes five Sustainability Principles for member exchanges
Published: Oct 2018
The WFE has published a set of five WFE Sustainability Principles that constitute a formal declaration by the WFE and its membership to take on a leadership role in promoting the sustainable finance agenda.
News & Views
The WFE welcomes six new members
Published: Oct 2018
On Wednesday 3 October 2018, at the 58th General Assembly in Athens, the WFE admitted six new members taking the total number of full members to 70, an historic high. With six members joining since the last General Assembly in 2017, the WFE now represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers.
News & Views
The WFE publishes report into global SME markets
Published: Oct 2018
The WFE has published a report (together with a supplementary dataset) entitled 'An overview of WFE SME markets', examining the current status of 33 SME markets across 29 WFE member exchanges.
News & Views
The WFE elects seven Board Directors
Published: Oct 2018
On Wednesday 3 October 2018, at the 58th General Assembly in Athens , the WFE elected seven Directors of the Board.
Technology
The WFE responds to BOE-FCA-PRA discussion paper on operational resilience
Published: Oct 2018
The WFE has published its response to the BoE-FCA-PRA Discussion Paper on Operational Resilience. The discussion paper calls on firms to demonstrate their operational resilience in the event of a cyber-attack or IT disruption.
Technology
The WFE responds to Global Financial Network (GFIN) Consultation
Published: Oct 2018
The WFE has responded to the Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN) Consultation Document.
Emerging Markets
National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) celebrates silver jubilee this year
Published: Oct 2018
India’s multi-asset exchange and largest stock exchange National Stock Exchange of India limited (NSE) is celebrating its silver jubilee this year, writes the NSE's Corporate Communications team.
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