Market participants say stakeholders must prioritise the establishment of transparent and standardised pricing mechanisms within VCMs. At a minimum, participants wanted to see more trade execution handled via exchanges and marketplaces rather than the bilateral agreements that serve as the predominant channel today.

Jonathan Gilmour, head of derivatives and structured products group at Travers Smith, and Richard Metcalfe, head of regulatory affairs for the World Federation of Exchanges, discuss impending regulatory changes and what they may mean for market participants.

Dr Pedro Gurrola-Perez, Head of Research at the WFE, writes about the decrease in listings in SME markets.

Welcome to the June edition of Focus.

To begin the issue, Christopher Buttigieg, chief officer supervision, and Nathan Fenech, deputy head capital markets, at Malta Financial Services Authority, examine the use of consolidated tape in the EU and U.S.

Monique Bell, Commodities Product Manager at ASX, looks at the role financial derivatives could play in helping with decarbonisation plans.

Daria Degtyarenko, senior marketing communications manager of Exactpro, explains how AI-driven testing can lead to higher-quality innovation.

Fredrik Ekström, head of carbon markets at Nasdaq, shares ...

Green Equities provide a robust framework to improve transparency, consistency and comparability, bringing policymakers, exchanges, investors, governments and the private sector to work together to galvanise capital markets into action and pave the way towards a new sustainable global economy.

Elizabeth Coleman, HR Director (Atlantic Region) at SIX, talks about the challenges facing global recruiters in a changing world.