Overview
Lobbying Costs
37,500€
Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE)
EU Transparency Register
973382524675-69 First registered on 23 Nov 2016
Goals / Remit
The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) is the global trade association representing 71 operators of more than 250 regulated Market Infrastructures (MIs) and Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs). MIs and FMIs include securities and derivatives exchanges and related central counterparties (CCPs). Roughly 40% of members are based in EMEA, with a similar amount in Asia-Pacific, and around 2o% in the Americas. The market capitalisation of entities listed on our member exchanges was ~$80 trillion, and while exchanges handled a similar amount in securities trading per annum. The WFE works with global standard setters, policy makers, regulators and government organisations to support and promote the development of fair, transparent, stable and efficient markets around the world.
Main EU files targeted
Capital Markets Union
Equivalence
CCP Recovery and Resolution
European Market Infrastructure Regulation
The Benchmarks Regulation
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive / Regulation
ESAs review
CRD/CRR
ETFsAddress
Head Office
125 Old Broad Street
London EC2N 1AR
UNITED KINGDOM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
In practice, less than 1 * 25%
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Richard Metcalfe (Head of Regulatory Affairs)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Nandini Sukumar (Chief Executive)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
IOSCO Affiliate Members Consultative Committee:
https://www.iosco.org/about/?subsection=display_committee&cmtid=2Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
37,500€
Other financial info
WFE’s focus is on global issues. WFE will generally only consider EU initiatives in the event of a knock-on global effect. We include imputed staff costs and business travel in our estimate.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
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.Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
1 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 22 Oct 2019 Location Brussels Subject MIFID II Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
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