The World Federation of Exchanges

Acronym: WFE

General Information

Identification Code: 973382524675-69

Website: http://www.world-exchanges.org

Entity Form: Limited company (UK)

Registration Category: Trade and business associations

Registration Date: 11/23/2016

Last Update: 1/11/2024

Mission & Interests

Goals: The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) is the global trade association for regulated exchanges and clearing houses. We represent the operators of over 250 market infrastructures, spread across the Asia-Pacific region (34%), EMEA (45%) and the Americas (21%), with everything from local entities in emerging markets to international groups based in major financial centres. In total, member exchanges trade around $140 trillion a year and are home to some 50,000 companies, with an aggregate market capitalisation of around $100 trillion. The 90 central counterparty (CCP) clearing services (both vertically integrated and stand-alone) collectively ensure that traders put up $1.3 trillion of resources to back their risk positions. With extensive experience of developing and enforcing high standards of conduct, WFE members support an orderly, secure, fair and transparent environment for all sorts of investors and companies wishing to invest, raise capital and manage financial risk.

Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Interests:

Banking and financial services
Competition
Digital economy and society
Economy, finance and the euro
Environment
Single market

Levels of Interest:

global

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: Capital Markets Union Equivalence measures CCPs (eg, EMIR) The Benchmarks Regulation Markets in Financial Instruments Directive / Regulation ESAs review Capital rules (CRD/CRR) Tax measures (transaction tax; digital sales) ETFs Files on sustainable finance Files on listings

Communication Activities: Advocacy Papers and responses to public consultations released by EU institutions and ESAs. Note that WFE’s predisposition is to global issues. WFE will generally only consider EU initiatives in the context of international/global implications.

Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: 125 Old Broad Street

Post Code: EC2N 1AR

City: London

Country: UNITED KINGDOM

Phone:

Indic Phone: 44

Phone Number: 02071514150

EU Office

Address: 125 Old Broad Street

Post Code: EC2N 1AR

City: London

Country: UNITED KINGDOM

Phone:

Indic Phone: 44

Phone Number: 02071514150

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Complementary Information: WFE’s main focus is on global issues. We do consider EU initiatives that are crucial to members, including where they involve cross-border recognition, or where they have global ramifications.