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The World Federation of Exchanges re-elects CEO Sukumar as Vice Chair of IOSCO AMCC
04 June 2024 UK
Reporter: Klea Neza

Nandini Sukumar will continue to lead the group, providing input into the IOSCO policy and standard-setting work

WFE publishes research on exchange engagement with crypto market
05 September 2023 UK
Reporter: Klea Neza

The WFE Research paper analyses exchange interaction with the evolution of crypto-trading platforms across various jurisdictions

WFE: Geopolitical tensions continue to negatively affect investment flows
24 August 2023 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Compounded with the effects of the war in Ukraine, WFE saw more financial institutions running into difficulty with the failure of some banks in Europe and in the US

WFE launches new market infrastructure qualification
04 July 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The World Federation for Exchanges has opened registration for its new qualification, the Market Infrastructure Certificate

Bermuda Stock Exchange to host WFE’s 2023 Annual Meeting
12 January 2023 Bermuda
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The meeting, now in its sixty-second year and by invitation only, gathers the leaders of exchanges and central counterparties from around the world to engage and speak to stakeholders

Looking at ‘data in the wild’ promises a way forward, WFE says
01 June 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The WFE says its consideration of use cases promises a way forward, because it looks at data ‘in the wild’, as it relates to actual practice in equity trading, rather than according to theoretical dogma

WFE observes 40 per cent growth in derivatives trading volumes for 2020
19 May 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Derivatives trading volumes were more than three times larger than the year before (11.4 per cent) and greater than the surge during the financial crisis of 2007/2008

WFE publishes research on global circuit breaker practices
01 April 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Key findings from the report note that circuit breakers are more prevalent in cash than in derivatives markets, while a large proportion of respondents confirmed circuit breakers were triggered during March 2020

WFE: Market activity has ‘swiftly’ recovered amid COVID-19 disruption
19 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

WFE says the markets remained open and functioning, despite the exceptional circumstances and even during the worst days of the crisis, and after the peak in uncertainty observed in March, markets quickly recovered

WFE welcomes EU’s principles-based approach to digital resilience
17 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“We strongly support the commission’s ambitions for improving operational resilience across all sectors of the financial services industry," says WFE's CEO Nandini Sukumar, CEO of WFE

WFE defends exchanges from the blame of COVID-19 related spikes in margin requirements
12 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“Procyclicality is a function of the ecosystem and needs to be examined holistically. CCPs exist to manage and mitigate risk and they understand their responsibility to the system. We call on other stakeholders to do the same,” says WFE CEO

WFE and EACH set out recommendations for CCP equity in resolution
31 July 2020 London
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

The World Federation of Exchanges has called for a “careful and considered” approach in changing resolution arrangements at central counterparties in case of damaged stability and increased systemic risk