The World Federation of Exchanges
Acronym: WFE
General Information
Identification Code: 973382524675-69
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Entity Form: Limited company (UK)
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 11/23/2016
Last Update: 1/11/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0
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
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EU Office
Address: 125 Old Broad Street
Post Code: EC2N 1AR
City: London
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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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.
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 6
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 6
Members F T E: 1.5
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: http://www.world-exchanges.org/home/index.php/members/wfe-members
Organisation Members: IOSCO Affiliate Members Consultative Committee:
https://www.iosco.org/about/?subsection=display_committee&cmtid=2