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

The WFE says the markets remained open and functioning despite the exceptional circumstances in 2020, but, after the peak in uncertainty observed in March, markets quickly recovered

WFE defends exchanges from 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,” comments WFE CEO

WFE issues industry guidance on non-default losses for CCPs
11 June 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

WFE has set out how CCPs ensure that certain non-credit losses that might rarely occur in relation to central clearing are allocated in a transparent, predictable and equitable manner

Europe cured of short selling bans
18 May 2020 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

All six EU national regulators that imposed short selling bans during the height of the COVID-19-fuelled market chaos will allow them to expire at midnight tonight

WFE goes to bat for short sellers again
30 April 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The WFE concludes that the evidence “almost unanimously” points towards short selling bans being disruptive for the orderly functioning of markets

Hong Kong securities and derivatives markets break records in 2017
19 January 2018 Hong Kong
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Market capitalisation of Hong Kong’s securities market reached over $33 billion, while in the derivatives market total options trading reached over 137 thousand contracts

WFE calls for CCP control over recovery plans
08 February 2017 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The World Federation of Exchanges has deemed a scenario where a central counterparty would need to initiate a recovery plan as “beyond extreme” and asked for patience from regulators in administering resolutions

Securities lending can help markets to emerge, says roundtable
31 January 2017 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

A securities lending function is an important enabler for boosting liquidity in emerging exchanges, heard participants of a recent World Federal of Exchange (WFE) roundtable in London...

WFE: blockchain regs must align globally
05 September 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The World Federation of Exchanges has warned global regulators of the need for consistency in any future regulations on distributed ledger technology...

CCPs must retain flexibility, says WFE
04 November 2015 Doha
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Overly prescriptive regulation could cause unnecessary constraint to central counterparties, and could lead to more risk in the central clearing marketplace, according to a new report from the World Federation of Exchanges...