Exchanges and CCPs worldwide 'Ring the Bell for Gender Equality 2023'

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Exchanges and CCPs worldwide 'Ring the Bell for Gender Equality 2023'

London, Wednesday 8 March, 2023 – The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) is pleased to announce that a record 123 exchanges and central clearing counterparties (CCPs) will be involved in events this week for the annual 'Ring the Bell for Gender Equality' initiative.

This marks the ninth consecutive year of the initiative where exchanges and CCPs globally ring opening or closing bells to celebrate International Women’s Day 2023 (Wednesday 8 March 2023), promote gender equality, highlight the benefits of a diverse and inclusive workplace, and recognize the contribution of women in building a better future for all. This year, the theme for International Women’s Day is #EmbraceEquity.

At this time, the industry commends the World Federation of Exchanges’ 2023 Women Leaders, a distinguished global cohort, who are selected from every corner of the world each year as role models.

Nandini Sukumar, CEO of the WFE said: “Exchanges and CCPs celebrate the role of women in the workplace and look forward to even greater progress in the years ahead. By ringing the bell, public markets are giving voice and visibility to women everywhere.’’

The Ring the Bell events, both in-person and virtual, started on Wednesday 1 March and will last for two weeks.

The list of participating exchanges and CCPs is as below, with WFE members in bold:

Organisation	Type of Event	Opening or Closing Bell	Date
Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Amman Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Aquis Exchange	Physical	Closing Bell	08-Mar
Armenia Securities Exchange (AMX)	Physical	Opening Bell	02-Mar
Astana International Exchange	Hybrid	Opening Bell	02-Mar
Athens Exchange Group	Physical	Closing Bell	08-Mar
Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
B3 - Brasil Bolsa Balcão	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Bahrain Bourse	Physical	Opening Bell	13-Mar
Baku Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	07-Mar
BEE4 S.A. Balcão Organizado de Empresas Emergentes	Hybrid	Other	22-Mar
Belarusian Currency and Stock Exchange	Hybrid	Opening Bell	07-Mar
Belgrade Stock Exchange	Physical	Closing Bell	23-Mar
Bermuda Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
BME	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Bolsa Boliviana de Valores	Hybrid	Closing Bell	08-Mar
Bolsa Centroamericana de Valores, S.A.	Hybrid	Closing Bell	08-Mar
Bolsa de Comercio de Rosario	Physical	Opening Bell	15-Mar
Bolsa de Valores de Colombia	TBC	TBC	08-Mar
Bolsa de Valores de El Salvador	Hybrid	Opening Bell	29-Mar
Bolsa de Valores de Montevideo S.A.	Hybrid	Opening Bell	6-10 March
Bolsa de Valores de Quito	Hybrid	Opening Bell	09-Mar
Bolsa de Valores Nacional S.A.	Physical	Opening Bell	TBC
Bolsa de Valores y Productos de Asunción S.A.	Hybrid	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Bolsa Institucional de Valores (BIVA)	Hybrid	Opening Bell	07-Mar
Bolsa Mexicana de Valores	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Bolsa Nacional de Valores de Costa Rica	Hybrid	Closing Bell	15-Mar
Bolsa y Mercados de Valores de la República Dominicana	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Bolsas y Mercados Argentinos S.A. (BYMA)	Virtual	Opening Bell	10-Mar
Botswana Stock Exchange	Hybrid	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Boursa Kuwait	Hybrid	Closing Bell	08-Mar
Bourse de Casablanca	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Bourse des Valeurs Mobilières de l'Afrique Centrale (BVMAC)	Other	Other	08-Mar
Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières S.A. (BRVM)	Hybrid	Opening Bell	08-Mar
BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange)	Physical	Opening Bell	06-Mar
Bucharest Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	09-Mar
Bulgarian Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Bursa Malaysia Bhd	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
The Cape Town Stock Exchange	Virtual	Closing Bell	08-Mar
Cboe Australia	Physical	Other	08-Mar
Cboe Global Markets	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Central Asian Stock Exchange	Hybrid	Opening Bell	17-Mar
Chittagong Stock Exchange PLC	Other	Other	6-16 March
CME Group	Other	Other	08-Mar
Colombo Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	07-Mar
Dar Es Salaam Stock Exchange Plc	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Deutsche Börse AG	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited	Virtual	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Dubai Financial Market	Virtual	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange	Other	Opening Bell	08-Mar
The Egyptian Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Euronext \| Borsa Italiana	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Euronext \| Oslo Børs	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Euronext Amsterdam	Physical	Opening and Closing	08-Mar
Euronext Brussels	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Euronext Dublin	Physical	Closing Bell	08-Mar
Euronext Lisbon	Physical	Closing Bell	08-Mar
Euronext Paris	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
FMDQ Group	Physical	Other	08-Mar
Georgian Stock Exchange	TBC	TBC	TBC
Ghana Stock Exchange	Hybrid	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Hochiminh Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	TBC
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited	Physical	Closing Bell	08-Mar
Indonesia Stock Exchange	Hybrid	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Iraq Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Jamaica Stock Exchange	Physical	Other	08-Mar
Japan Exchange Group	Other	Other	08-Mar
Johannesburg Stock Exchange	Physical	Other	10-Mar
Kazakhstan Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	06-Mar
Korea Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	10-Mar
Kyrgyz Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	07-Mar
Latin American Stock Exchange (Latinex)	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Lima Stock Exchange	Hybrid	Closing Bell	08-Mar
Ljubljana Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
London Metal Exchange	Physical	Other	08-Mar
London Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Lusaka Securities Exchange	Physical	Other	10-Mar
Luxembourg Stock Exchange	Hybrid	Other	08-Mar
Macedonian Stock Exchange	Hybrid	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Malta Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Matba Rofex S.A.	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
MIAX Exchange Group	Hybrid	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Mongolian Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	7 – 9 March
Moscow Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	02-Mar
Muscat Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Namibian Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Nairobi Securities Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Nasdaq	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Nasdaq Copenhagen	Other	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Nasdaq Helsinki	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Nasdaq Iceland	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Nasdaq Vilnius	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
National Stock Exchange of India Limited	Physical	Closing Bell	08-Mar
NEO Exchange - a Cboe Global Markets Company	Virtual	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Nepal Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	31-Mar
New York Stock Exchange	Physical	Closing Bell	TBC
Nigerian Exchange Group	Hybrid	Closing Bell	08-Mar
NZX Limited	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Pakistan Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Palestine Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	13-Mar
The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc.	Hybrid	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Qatar Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Rwanda Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	09-Mar
Santiago Exchange	Hybrid	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Saudi Tadawul Group	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Shanghai Stock Exchange	Physical	Other	08-Mar
Singapore Exchange Limited	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
SIX Group	Physical	Closing Bell	08-Mar
Somali Stock Exchange	Hybrid	Opening Bell	09-Mar
The Stock Exchange of Thailand	Physical	Opening Bell	09-Mar
Taipei Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Taiwan Futures Exchange	Virtual	Other	08-Mar
Taiwan Stock Exchange	Other	Other	6 - 7 or 8 March
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
The Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange Limited	Physical	Opening Bell	TBC
TMX Group	Physical	Closing Bell	08-Mar
Tunis Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Uganda Securities Exchange	Hybrid	Closing Bell	10-Mar
Ulaanbaatar Securities Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	09-Mar
Warsaw Stock Exchange	Hybrid	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Wiener Börse AG	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Zagreb Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange	Virtual	Opening Bell	08-Mar

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About the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE):

Established in 1961, the WFE is the global industry association for exchanges and clearing houses. Headquartered in London, it represents over 250 market infrastructure providers, including standalone CCPs that are not part of exchange groups. Of our members, 37% are in Asia-Pacific, 43% in EMEA and 20% in the Americas. WFE’s 57 member CCPs collectively ensure that risk takers post some $1 trillion (equivalent) of resources to back their positions, in the form of initial margin and default fund requirements. WFE exchanges are home to 59,400 listed companies, and the market capitalization of these entities is over $122.94 trillion; around $162.04 trillion (EOB) in trading annually passes through WFE members (at end 2021).

The WFE is the definitive source for exchange-traded statistics and publishes over 350 market data indicators. Its free statistics database stretches back more than 40 years and provides information and insight into developments on global exchanges. The WFE works with standard-setters, policy makers, regulators, and government organisations around the world to support and promote the development of fair, transparent, stable and efficient markets. The WFE shares regulatory authorities’ goals of ensuring the safety and soundness of the global financial system.

With extensive experience of developing and enforcing high standards of conduct, the WFE and its members support an orderly, secure, fair and transparent environment for investors; for companies that raise capital; and for all who deal with financial risk. We seek outcomes that maximise the common good, consumer confidence and economic growth. And we engage with policy makers and regulators in an open, collaborative way, reflecting the central, public role that exchanges and CCPs play in a globally integrated financial system.

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Cally Billimore: Manager, Communications; Email: [email protected]
Phone: +44 7391 204 007; Twitter: @TheWFE

Exchanges and CCPs worldwide 'Ring the Bell for Gender Equality 2023'

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