World Federation of Exchanges

46 results about this entity

Period: 23 Sep 2009 - 07 Oct 2024

World Federation of Exchanges lists fintech and cybersecurity among its top four priorities

The World Federation of Exchanges (“The WFE”), the global industry group for exchanges and CCPs, has agreed its 2018 business priorities will focus on areas including regulatory coherence; CCP recovery & resolution issues; cyber security; FinTech; and SMEs.

World Federation of Exchanges publishes cybersecurity guidelines

The World Federation of Exchanges (“The WFE”), which represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers including exchanges and CCPs, has today published a set of best practice guidelines for market infrastructures designed to engender a staff culture of cyber security compliance.

World Federation of Exchanges publishes best practice guidelines for cyber-security management

The World Federation of Exchanges (“The WFE”), which represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers including exchanges and CCPs, has today published a set of best practice guidelines for market infrastructures designed to engender a staff culture of cyber security compliance.

Exchanges call for global fintech standards

As new technologies such as AI and DLT transform the capital markets landscape, the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has called on regulators to hold new fintech entrants to the same standards as established players.

World Federation of Exchanges publishes cyber resilience principles

The World Federation of Exchanges (“WFE”), which represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers including exchanges and CCPs, today published a set of principles around cyber resilience, intended to support and complement guidance already provided by global regulators.

Exchange body calls for creation of regulatory sandboxes for distributed ledgers

The World Federation of Exchanges is calling for the creation of regulatory sandboxes for distributed ledger technology, to help industry efforts to explore and understand the impact of blockchain-based services in the capital markets.

Financial market infrastructures piling into blockchain - WFE

More than 84% of trading venues and clearing counterparties surveyed by the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) are either investigating or actively pursuing the applicability of distributed ledger technologies in financial markets.

Exchange group sets up cyber-security committee

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has launched the exchange industry's first cyber-security committee, to help fend off the threat from hackers targetting mission critical market infrastructures.

Exchange data highlights systemic threat from cyber attacks

Just over half of the world's securities markets have fought off intrusions by cyber-attackers over the past year, according to figures released by the International Organisation of Securities Exchanges (Iosco) and the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE).

Exchanges call on G20 to tackle dark pools

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has urged G20 leaders to press for market reform to tackle the uneven playing field and eroded price discovery it claims has been caused by the emergence of alternative trading platforms such as dark pools.