I’d like to start by paying tribute to Simon Lewis and his nine years of tireless service as CEO of AFME, which he has announced will be ending this autumn. I’d like to wish him every success for the future. I’m delighted to be here at today at the AFME post-trade conference. This is my first AFME European Post Trade conference, but I believe it’s your 12th . There has been a lot of change in the European post-trade1 space over those 12 years. Post-trade has traditionally been a little in the background – a part of the financial system we might refer to as plumbing – sometimes out of view, but absolutely critical for ... (full story)