The World Federation of Exchanges has published a call for theoretical, empirical and policy research papers on clearing and derivatives for its 42nd Annual Clearing and Derivatives Conference, WFEClear 2026, hosted by TMX Group in Toronto on 21–23 April 2026. Papers will be selected by the conference Scientific Committee for relevance, originality and academic rigour, with accepted papers presented at the conference and paired with an industry discussant. The call highlights research topics spanning innovations in collateral management and options trading, derivatives in emerging markets, clearing structures and incentives (including client clearing, non-default losses and the impact of clearing regulation), market resilience and liquidity contagion, vertical integration and consolidation, supervisory structures and data reporting standards, new clearing and risk models, operational risk and cloud transition, and the impact of new technologies including crypto-asset clearing, distributed ledger technology and artificial intelligence. Submissions must be a full paper in English (PDF with an abstract) received by 22 October 2025; authors of accepted papers are to be notified by 25 November 2025, with final versions due by 23 March 2026.

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