The WFE has published its annual IOMA Derivatives Report, which shows that overall derivatives contracts traded in 2018 exceeded 30 billion for the first time since the WFE started publishing the report in 2005. The report was collated from an annual...

The WFE has published its Annual Statistics Guide 2018.

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In the first quarter of the year, the World Federation of Exchanges publishes the Market Highlights, with a summary for the year that has passed. This year, however, given the extraordinary circumstances we are living through, we have produced a repo...

The world’s banking system and the value of publicly traded shares on capital markets are roughly similar in size: both in the order of $100 trillion worth of assets. But the future may require capital markets to shoulder much more of the responsibi...

This paper will present tokenisation as a natural evolution in the financial industry. Following the move from paper share certificates to dematerialisation, tokenisation possibly represents the next step for traditional assets. Tokenisation maintain...

The WFE asks ISSB to focus on quality of reporting, nature, human rights and human capital

H1 2023 Market Highlights

The participation of retail investors in the financial markets contributes to the well-functioning of those markets, improving liquidity and depth of the order book. Yet, it may increase volatility and must be complemented with strong investor prote...

The World Federation of Exchanges (“WFE”), the global industry group for exchanges and CCPs, has today published its Full Year 2020 Market Highlights Report.

The World Federation of Exchanges (“WFE”), the global industry group for exchanges and CCPs, has today published its H1 2021 Market Highlights Report.

In March 2020, the U.S. security market experienced heightened volatility induced by the COVID-19 pandemic, and market-wide circuit breakers were triggered on four occasions. Relying on high-frequency intraday trade and quote data, we investigate th...