Exchanges and CCPs worldwide 'Ring the Bell for Gender Equality 2022'

08 March 2022

London, Tuesday 8 March, 2022– The World Federation of Exchanges is pleased to announce that a record 121 exchanges and CCPs will be involved in events this week for the annual 'Ring the Bell for Gender Equality' initiative.

This marks the eighth consecutive year of the initiative where exchanges and CCPs globally ring opening or closing bells to celebrate International Women’s Day 2022 (Tuesday 8 March 2022), promote gender equality, highlight the benefits of a diverse and inclusive workplace, and recognize the contribution of women in building a better future for all.

At this time, the industry commends the World Federation of Exchange 2022 Women Leaders, a distinguished global cohort, who are selected from every corner of the world each year as role models.

Nandini Sukumar, CEO of the WFE said: “Exchanges and CCPs celebrate the role of women in the workplace and look forward to even greater progress in the years ahead. By ringing the bell, public markets are giving voice and visibility to women everywhere.’’

The Ring the Bell events, both in-person and virtual, started on Tuesday 1 March and will last for two weeks.

The list of participating exchanges and CCPs is as below:

Organisation	Type of Event	Opening or Closing Bell	Date
Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Amman Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Aquis Exchange	Virtual	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Armenia Securities Exchange	Virtual	Opening Bell	10-Mar
Astana International Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	4 or 11 March
Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX)	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Australian Securities Exchange	Hybrid	Opening Bell	08-Mar
B3 – Brasil Bolsa Balcão	Hybrid	Other	TBD
Bahrain Bourse	Virtual	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Baku Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	07-Mar
Banja Luka Stock Exchange	Virtual	Opening Bell	8 to 14 March
Belarusian Currency and Stock Exchange	Virtual	Opening Bell	04-Mar
Belgrade Stock Exchange	Virtual	Closing Bell	10-Mar
Bermuda Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
BME	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Bolsa Boliviana de Valores	Hybrid	Opening Bell	10-Mar
Bolsa Centroamericana de Valores Honduras	Physical	Other	TBD
Bolsa de Comercio de Rosario	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Bolsa de Valores de Colombia	Hybrid	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Bolsa de Valores de El Salvador	Virtual	Opening Bell	TBD
Bolsa de Valores de Lima	Virtual	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Bolsa de Valores de Montevideo	Hybrid	Opening Bell	TBD
Bolsa de Valores de Quito	Hybrid	Opening Bell	09-Mar
Bolsa de Valores Nacional, S.A., Guatemala
Bolsa de Valores y Productos de Asuncion S.A.	Physical	Other	08-Mar
Bolsa Institucional de Valores (BIVA)	Physical	Opening Bell	07-Mar
Bolsa Mexicana de Valores	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Bolsa Nacional de Valores de Costa Rica (BNV)	Other	Closing Bell	08-Mar
Bolsa y Mercados de Valores de la Republica Dominicana	Virtual	Opening Bell	09-Mar
Bolsas y Mercados Argentinos SA (ByMA)	Virtual	Opening Bell	10-Mar
Borsa Italiana	Virtual	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Botswana Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Bourse de Casablanca	Hybrid	Opening Bell	TBD
Bourse Kuwait	Physical	Closing Bell	08-Mar
Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières S.A.	Hybrid	Opening Bell	08-Mar
BSE Limited	Virtual	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Bucharest Stock Exchange	Hybrid	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Bulgarian Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Bursa Malaysia Bhd	Virtual	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Cboe Australia Pty Ltd	Hybrid	Opening Bell	14-Mar
Cboe Global Markets	Other	Closing Bell	08-Mar
Central Securities Clearing System Plc (CSCS)	Physical	Closing Bell
CME Group	Other	Other	08-Mar
Colombo Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Dhaka Stock Exchange Ltd.	Virtual	Opening Bell	08-Mar
DTCC	Virtual	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Dubai Financial Market	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX)	Virtual	Opening Bell	08-Mar
The Egyptian Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	10-Mar
Euronext Amsterdam	Other	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Euronext Brussels	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Euronext Dublin	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Euronext Lisbon	Physical	Closing Bell	08-Mar
Euronext Paris	Physical	Opening Bell	TBD
FMDQ Group	Hybrid	Other	07-Mar
Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse	Hybrid	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Georgian Stock Exchange	Other	Opening Bell	10-Mar
Ghana Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing	Other	Other	08-Mar
Indonesia Stock Exchange	Physical	Other	TBD
Jamaica Stock Exchange	Hybrid	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Japan Exchange Group	Other	Other	08-Mar
Johannesburg Stock Exchange	Hybrid	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Kazakhstan Stock Exchange	Hybrid	Opening Bell	04-Mar
Korea Exchange	Hybrid	Opening Bell	16-Mar
Kyrgyz Stock Exchange	Physical	Closing Bell	07-Mar
Latin American Stock Exchange (Latinex)	Virtual	Other	10-Mar
Ljubliana Stock Exchange	Virtual	Opening Bell	08-Mar
London Metal Exchange	Other	Other	TBD
London Stock Exchange Group	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Lusaka Securities Exchange	Hybrid	Other	09-Mar
Luxembourg Stock Exchange	Hybrid	Other	08-Mar
Macedonian Stock Exchange	Hybrid	Opening Bell	TBD
Malta Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
MIAX Options	Hybrid	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Moscow Exchange Group	Physical	Opening Bell	10-Mar
Muscat Exchange Market	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Nairobi Securities Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Namibian Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Nasdaq Copenhagen	Other	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Nasdaq Helsinki	Hybrid	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Nasdaq Iceland	Other	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Nasdaq New York	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Nasdaq Riga	Hybrid	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Nasdaq Stockholm	Virtual	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Nasdaq Tallinn	Hybrid	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Nasdaq Vilnius	Other	Closing Bell	08-Mar
National Stock Exchange of India Limited	Other	Closing Bell	08-Mar
NEO Exchange	Other	Opening Bell	08-Mar
New York Stock Exchange	Physical	Closing Bell	08-Mar
Nigerian Exchange Limited	Virtual	Closing Bell	08-Mar
NZX Limited	Other	Other	08-Mar
Oslo Børs	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Pakistan Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Palestine Exchange (PEX)	Other	Opening Bell	14-Mar
The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc.	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Qatar Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Rwanda Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	11-Mar
Santiago Exchange	Virtual	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Saudi Tadawul Group	Physical	Closing Bell	08-Mar
Shanghai Stock Exchange	Physical	Other	07-Mar
Shenzhen Stock Exchange	Virtual	Other	08-Mar
Singapore Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
SIX Swiss Exchange	Physical	Other	08-Mar
Somali Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	10-Mar
Stock Exchange of Thailand	Virtual	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Sydney Stock Exchange	Other	Opening Bell	07-Mar
Taipei Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Taiwan Stock Exchange	Hybrid	Other	08-Mar
Tehran Stock Exchange	Virtual	Other	13-Mar
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange	Virtual	Opening Bell	08-Mar
TSX	Other	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Tunis Stock Exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Uganda Securities Exchange	Physical	Closing Bell	08-Mar
Ulaanbaatar securities exchange	Physical	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Warsaw Stock Exchange	Hybrid	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Wiener Börse AG	Other	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Zagreb Stock Exchange	Virtual	Opening Bell	08-Mar
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange	Virtual	Opening Bell	10-Mar

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About the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE):

Established in 1961, the WFE is the global industry association for exchanges and clearing houses. Headquartered in London, it represents over 250 market infrastructure providers, including standalone CCPs that are not part of exchange groups. Of our members, 37% are in Asia-Pacific, 43% in EMEA and 20% in the Americas. WFE’s 57 member CCPs collectively ensure that risk takers post some $1 trillion (equivalent) of resources to back their positions, in the form of initial margin and default fund requirements. WFE exchanges are home to 59,400 listed companies, and the market capitalization of these entities is over $122.94 trillion; around $162.04 trillion (EOB) in trading annually passes through WFE members (at end 2021).

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Charlotte Wilson, Streets Consulting

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