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World Federation Of Exchanges Board of Directors Issue Press Statement
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 the following statement:
Exchanges have continued to properly function during this crisis, fulfilling their role as continuous, open markets for establishing and disseminating prices for exchange-traded instruments. The transparency of the prices in exchange-traded instruments makes this information available to all and is providing important liquidity to investors. The world's exchange leaders strongly reaffirm the principle that equities and equity related exchanges remain open throughout this period.
WFE Chairman, Massimo Capuano, CEO of the Borsa Italiana, stated: "The crisis highlights the importance of regulated, exchange-based markets. We encourage global regulators to recognize the time-tested benefits of transparency, balanced regulation and central counterparty clearing available in exchange markets."
Mr Massimo Capuano
WFE Chairman
CEO Borsa Italiana
Deputy Chief Executive
LSE Group
Mr William Brodsky
WFE Vice Chairman
Chairman and CEO
CBOE
Mr Magnus Böcker
President
NASDAQ OMX
Mr Paul M. Y. Chow
Chief Executive
HKEx
Mr Thomas Kloet
Chief Executive Officer
TMX Group Inc.
Mr Jung-Hwan Lee
Chairman and CEO
Korea Exchange
Mr Russell Loubser
CEO
Johannesburg Securities Exchange
Mr Gilberto Mifano
Chairman of the Board
BM&F BOVESPA
Mr Ravi Narain
Managing Director and
CEO
National Stock Exchange of India Ltd
Mr Duncan Niederauer
Chief Executive Officer
NYSE Euronext
Mr Guillermo Prieto
Trevino
Chairman of the Board
Bolsa Mexicana de Valores
Mr Atsushi Saito
President and CEO
Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc.
Mr Jean-François Théodore
Deputy CEO
NYSE Euronext
Mr Geng Liang
Chairman
Shanghai Stock Exchange
Mr Antonio Zoido
Chairman
BME Spanish Exchanges
The WFE is an organization of 56 of the world's largest exchanges.