Kesara Manchusree, President, The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) outlines how the Thai market successfully moved to a T+2 settlement cycle earlier this month.

Joseph Portelli, Chairman, Malta Stock Exchange (MSE), talks to us about the exchange's strong focus on SMEs and its exciting growth plans, following the recent WFE SME Conference, which was hosted by MSE in the historic city of Valletta.

In February 2018, stock markets across the globe experienced a significant correction after an upbeat start to the year in January, and market volatility surged, ending the relatively calm spell observed over 2017.

Ungad Chadda, SVP, Head of Enterprise Strategy & Former President, Capital Formation, TMX Group was a panellist at the WFE SME Conference on a session focused on new models for SME market-based financing; he takes us through the key discussion points.

The WFE is pleased to confirm Richard Metcalfe has been appointed as its Head of Regulatory Affairs.

Thirty-two WFE members joined the ’Ring the Bell for Gender Equality’ initiative between 5-9 March to promote female economic empowerment for International Women’s Day 2018 (Thursday 8 March). In total, 65 exchanges participated in the initiative.