World Federation of Exchanges

World Federation of Exchanges
Founded1961; 63 years ago (1961)
Headquarters
London
,
United Kingdom
Key people
  • Nandini Sukumar
    (Chief Executive Officer)
Websitewww.world-exchanges.org

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), formerly the Federation Internationale des Bourses de Valeurs (FIBV), or International Federation of Stock Exchanges, is the trade association of publicly regulated stock, futures, and options exchanges, as well as central counterparties (CCPs). It represents over 250 market infrastructure providers, including standalone CCPs that are not part of exchange groups. Its market operators are responsible for operating the key components of the financial world. It was founded in 1961[1] and is based in London, United Kingdom.[2]

Members

To be a member, exchanges must adhere to the WFE Membership Criteria. Candidates are selected following a peer review.

As of October 2023, the WFE had 69 members:[3]

Suspended member

Former Members

Affiliates

Affiliates as of October 2023 include the following:[5]

Former affiliates

See also

References

  1. ^ "A Short History". World Federation of Exchanges. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  2. ^ "About WFE". World Federation of Exchanges (WFE). Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  3. ^ "2023 WFE Members". World Federation of Exchanges (WFE).
  4. ^ Wermus, Katie (4 March 2022). "Russian stock market suspended from World Federation of Exchanges". Newsweek. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Affiliates". world-exchanges.org.