Nasdaq Inc (NASDAQ: NDAQ) and Astana International Financial Centre JSC (AIFC) today announced a new, significant agreement. Nasdaq has been selected to power Kazakhstan’s nascent stock exchange, the AIFC Exchange. The exchange is targeted to launch in late-2017 and will initially trade equities and fixed income with other asset classes for future phases. Within the…
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Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today announced that its Nordic and Baltic exchanges in Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius have issued a voluntary support program on environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure to support their listed companies. Many of the companies listed on the Nasdaq Nordic and Baltic exchanges are already global leaders in…
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Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announced changes in the leadership within its Nordic and Baltic Fixed Income and Post-trade offerings. Fredrik Ekström, currently VP and president of Nasdaq Clearing, will assume the responsibility for Nasdaq Nordic Fixed Income and Nasdaq Clearing. Fredrik has also been suggested for the position as new Chairman of the Board of Directors…
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Nasdaq Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) today announced that Nikolaj Kosakewitsch has been appointed President of Nasdaq Copenhagen A/S. Nikolaj joins Nasdaq from Carnegie Investment Bank, where he most recently served as Head of Securities, Denmark. In addition to his new role as President of Nasdaq Copenhagen, Kosakewitsch will have the functional position as Head of Sales…
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The volume of listed corporate bonds on Nasdaq’s Nordic markets grew to a new all-time high during 2016. At the end of last year, the total value of listed corporate bonds on Nasdaq Nordic’s main markets was 65.8 billion euros, an increase of 4.8% since 2015 and 54% since 2011. A large portion of the…
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Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) welcomed 94 new listings to its Nordic markets in 2016, including both large cap IPOs and a particularly strong inflow of small and medium sized companies (SMEs). The activity level is similar to what Nasdaq experienced during the record year of 2015. Adam Kostyál, senior vice president and head of European listings,…
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Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) just announced that it will launch an innovative new market feature, Auction on Demand, on June 7, 2017. This service is designed to fulfill MIFID II transparency requirements for the periodic auction trading model, while offering Nasdaq’s trading clients a regulated and highly advanced alternative to Over the Counter and darkpool trading.…
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