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Exchanges worldwide are coming together to 🔔Ring the Bell for Gender Equality 🔔ahead of International Women’s Day, highlighting the role capital markets play in advancing opportunity and inclusive growth. 🔗Read: world-exchanges.org/ring-bell-gend… #RingTheBellForGenderEquality #IWD2026

🚨 New from the WFE: Our first Issuer Guide on accessing transition finance is out! Join our webinar on 9 Mar 2026 to explore key insights & recommendations: 🎙️ Rona Nairn | 🎤 Vanessa Harvard-Williams OBE | Adam Kostyál | Filip Elland 🔗 Register: world-exchanges.org/members/event/…

The March Focus issue from the World Federation of Exchanges highlights 22 women leaders shaping global capital markets, from derivatives and listings to sustainability and strategy. Explore the full edition: focus.world-exchanges.org/issue/march-20… #WomenLeaders #CapitalMarkets #IWD2026

Join us for our next set of webinars that will introduce the WFE Listing Stringency Index (LSI).Register below: 🗓️ Option 1 - 11th March 2026, 9am UTC 🔗 world-exchanges.org/webinar-wfe-li… 🗓️ Option 2 - 12th March 2026, 2pm UTC 🔗 world-exchanges.org/wfe-research-w…

📰In Focus, Jaime Swartz, Director of Derivatives Market Structure at @Cboe Global Markets, reflects on the WFE Market Infrastructure Certificate Programme. 🔗Read more: focus.world-exchanges.org/articles/trans… 🖱️Subscribe to Focus here: focus.world-exchanges.org/subscribe

New WFE data shows public markets expanded in 2025 despite geopolitical uncertainty. +18.5% global market cap IPO proceeds +42.7% Trading value up across all regions Read more: world-exchanges.org/our-work/artic… #CapitalMarkets #WFE

Join us next week for our Understanding IPOs webinar. Learn the IPO process, key challenges, and practical strategies to improve success rates - with experts from WFE, SIX Swiss Exchange and NSE. 🔗 Register: world-exchanges.org/education/wfe-… #WFE #EDMEP

Today we published a new practical Guide to help issuers unlock transition finance. Our Guide covers what it is, how the market is evolving and how to position your business to access it. Read more: world-exchanges.org/our-work/artic… #TransitionFinance #NetZero #SustainableFinance #WFE

📰In Focus, Ilia Prozorov, Lead Product Development @ADX_AE, reflects on his experience of the WFE Market Infrastructure Certificate. 🔗Read more: focus.world-exchanges.org/articles/conne… 🖱️Subscribe to Focus here: focus.world-exchanges.org/subscribe

📰In Focus, Jae Kwang Jung, Senior Manager at Korea Exchange, reflects on how the WFE Market Infrastructure Certificate helped him question long-held assumptions about market structure. 🔗Read more: focus.world-exchanges.org/articles/how-m… 🖱️Subscribe to Focus here: focus.world-exchanges.org/subscribe

Today the WFE published new research on making extended trading hours sustainable. Longer trading is possible, but success depends on coordinated post-trade infrastructure and market-wide alignment. Read the paper: world-exchanges.org/our-work/artic… #CapitalMarkets #TradingHours

📰In Focus, @tbardzilowski, President of the Management Board of @GPW_WSExchange, tells us how record index levels and a rapidly expanding ETF market marked an exceptional 2025. 🔗Read more: focus.world-exchanges.org/articles/warsa… 🖱️Subscribe to Focus here: focus.world-exchanges.org/subscribe

📰In Focus, Stijn Vander Straeten, CEO at @CryptoFinanceAG, explains how the organisation is building the infrastructure needed to support next gen institutional finance. 🔗Read more: focus.world-exchanges.org/articles/dbg-c… 🖱️Subscribe to Focus here: focus.world-exchanges.org/subscribe

📰 In Focus, Magnus Almqvist, CEO of Exberry, examines how continuous access, new asset formats and real-time risk are forcing exchanges to rethink their operating models. 🔗 Read more: focus.world-exchanges.org/articles/exber… 🖱️ Subscribe to Focus here: focus.world-exchanges.org/subscribe

📰In Focus, Islam Abdel Azim Azzam, Chairman, @EgxEgyptian, tells us what has changed in the business over the past year & what he is looking forward to in 2026. 🔗Read more: focus.world-exchanges.org/articles/egx-r… 🖱️Subscribe to Focus here: focus.world-exchanges.org/subscribe

📰 In Focus, Andrej Bolkovic, CEO at @OptionsClearing, examines the global shift towards extended & continuous trading, outlining the operational, liquidity & risk considerations for US listed options. 🔗 focus.world-exchanges.org/articles/futur… 🖱️Subscribe to Focus here: focus.world-exchanges.org/subscribe

📰In Focus, Craig Donohue, CEO at @Cboe, outlines Cboe’s strategic realignment following his appointment in 2025, reflecting on a year of record volumes & product innovation while setting out growth priorities. 🔗focus.world-exchanges.org/articles/cboe-… 🖱️Subscribe here: focus.world-exchanges.org/subscribe

📰In Focus, Bjørn Sibbern, @sixgroup CEO, reviews a year of strategic progress & sets out the group’s priorities for 2026 as it works to build a more connected & interoperable European market. 🔗Read more: focus.world-exchanges.org/articles/2026-… 🖱️Subscribe to Focus here: focus.world-exchanges.org/subscribe

📰In Focus, Caroline Gentry, Director of Environmental Markets at @NodalExchange, highlights how environmental markets have established themselves as key tools in the global effort to combat climate change. 🔗focus.world-exchanges.org/articles/clima… 🖱️Subscribe here: focus.world-exchanges.org/subscribe

📰In Focus, Aobakwe Monyats, CEO of Botswana Stock Exchange, says structural reforms, growing institutional participation & new market infrastructure are marking a turning point for Botswana’s capital markets. 🔗focus.world-exchanges.org/articles/botsw… 🖱️Subscribe here: focus.world-exchanges.org/subscribe