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.

Holding margin for a rainy day

Published: Mar 2019
Tore Klevenberg, Partner and CEO, Baymarkets AS writes about risk add-ons.

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...



Median Simple Spreads in 2018

Published: Feb 2019
This month we examine the performance of a WFE indicator called the Median Simple Spread (MSS).

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.

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’.
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