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• World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) Announces Priorities for 2010

  Madrid (February 1, 2010) – The officers and members of the Board of Directors of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) today announced priorities for the year in which WFE celebrates its 50th anniversary. The WFE brings the world’s regulated exchanges together in order to improve the quality of markets.

• World Federation of Exchanges publishes interactive report on sustainable investment initiatives

  Paris, France (2 November 2009) – The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has announced the publication of an interactive report, “Exchanges and Sustainable Investment,” presented today at a United Nations event in New York. A follow up to the WFE’s 2004 report, the research provides an update on the growth of sustainable investments as mainstream products accessible to investors, regulators and companies.

• World’s Exchange Leaders Meet in Vancouver, 6 October 2009

  Chairmen and Chief Executives from more than 50 of the world’s leading exchanges gathered in Vancouver this week for the 49th General Assembly and Annual Meeting of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE). This assembly represents the largest and most widely attended gathering of global exchange leaders. The last meeting was held in Milan in 2008.

• Baruch College Professor Robert A. Schwartz to receive the first WFE Award for Excellence

  (Paris, 28 September 2009) The WFE Secretariat is pleased to announce the winner of the first annual WFE Award for Excellence, Prof. Robert A. Schwartz of the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College, CUNY.

• WFE Board urges consistent regulation and more transparency from G20 market reform efforts

  (Paris, 22 September 2009) The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) Board of Directors urged leaders of the G20 nations at their upcoming summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA), to press for market reforms that enhance transparency and create more uniform rules between exchange-traded and less-regulated markets.

• WFE and the Federación Iberoamericana de Bolsas (FIAB) unite to address global market challenges, 8 September 2009

  Leaders of regulated financial markets from the WFE and FIAB on Monday, September 7 for a two-day summit designed to facilitate greater cross-border cooperation in market development and regulation.

• WFE comments to IOSCO on unregulated financial markets and products, 17 June 2009

  Paris, 17 June 2009 - The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has submitted comments to the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), which is expected to issue recommendations on unregulated financial markets and products.

• WFE press release at IOSCO, Tel Aviv, June 2009

  World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) chairman urges greater coordination, cooperation among international regulators at their annual meeting.

• WFE press release on promote international regulatory cooperation, Washington DC, 27 May 2009

  World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) directors promote international regulatory cooperation in meeting with head of SEC.

• WFE Press Statement on IOSCO Short Selling Report, 11 May 2009

  The WFE submitted its response to a March 2009 Consultation Report on the regulation of short selling issued by a task force of the Technical Committee of the IOSCO.

• WFE press release on short selling bans, Paris, 09 February 2009

  In Paris at its regularly scheduled meeting on 02 Fenruary 2009, the Board of Directors of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) issued a statement on the short-selling bans implemented on many markets as emergency measures September 2008.

• WFE press release on 2009 priorities, Paris, 02 February 2009

  On 02 February 2009, the new officers and members of the Board of Directors of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) announced priorities for 2009.

• WFE press release on financial crisis - Milan, 12 October 2008

  In Milan at its regularly scheduled meeting, the Board of Directors of the World Federation of Exchanges addressed the global financial crisis and issued a statement.