The Korea Exchange (KRX) will host the 2014 WFE General Assembly and Annual Meeting at Grand Hyatt Seoul from October 27th to October 29th.
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- October 27th: Working Committee, Board of Directors
- October 28th-29th: General Assembly and Annual Meeting
The WFE General Assembly and Annual Meeting is held in October every year. Being one of the biggest events for the global capital market, it is so highly reputed and privileged that it is called “an Olympic for the exchange industry”.
(* The WFE General Assembly and Annual Meeting was hosted by South Africa in 2011, Taiwan in 2012 and Mexico in 2013.)
The upcoming WFE General Assembly and Annual Meeting in Seoul will be attended by approximately 300 people from countries around the world, such as CEOs and executives of exchanges, representatives of international organizations, government authorities and regulators, media outlets and experts in academic/industry circles.
During the event, pending issues of the global capital market will be discussed.
Specifically, the agenda items to be put on the table are:
- Role that an exchange needs to play for the growth of real economy;
- Regulation of high-frequency trading;
- Competition and innovation in the derivatives market; and
- The way forward for the exchange industry including development strategies for emerging markets.
* WFE (World Federation of Exchanges): Since established in October 1961, WFE has served as a global trade association of regulated stock and derivatives exchanges and clearing houses.