Press release, August 29, 2007
Expanding memberships and influx of
new members on the Nordic Exchange
The Nordic Exchange is presently seeing an influx of new members, and existing
members are expanding their memberships to include more markets in order to
enjoy the advantages of the OMX Nordic Exchange membership. All in all eight new
members have joined the Nordic Exchange and 13 members have expanded their
membership this year.
”It is a pleasure to see the continuously increasing interest in achieving
direct trading access to the Nordic Exchange expressed by Nordic as well as
non-Nordic securities houses. We have created a market of such size that we are
now a leader in several industries, including paper, fashion and IT,” says Jukka
Ruuska, President of Nordic Marketplaces at OMX.
Over the summer the Amsterdam-based brokerage house All Options B.V. has joined
the Nordic Exchange in Stockholm and Helsinki. In addition, today we welcome
Norwegian Artic Securities ASA as a new member in Stockholm. During September,
Flow Traders from Amsterdam will join the Danish, Finnish and Swedish markets
and become the ninth new member on OMX Nordic Exchange.
Moreover, BNP Paribas, Paris, and IMC, Amsterdam, which were already members in
Stockholm and Helsinki, have extended their membership of the Nordic Exchange to
include the Danish market. In July, Saga Capital Investment Bank hf and NordVest
Securities Ltd - both based in Iceland - have expanded their membership to
Stockholm and Helsinki. Van der Moolen has had access to the Finnish market and
in July they have expanded their membership to include the Swedish equity
market. Last week Van der Moolen joined the Danish market and will soon add on
the Icelandic market. EIK Bank A/S based in Copenhagen expended its membership
to OMX Nordic Exchange Iceland in July and to Stockholm as of August 27, 2007.
Moreover, All Options is going to broaden its activities to also cover the
Danish equity market within short time.
Today, there are 162 banks and brokerage firms trading on one or more markets
within OMX Nordic Exchange.
For further information, please contact:
Ellen-Margrethe Soelberg, OMX Nordic Exchange Copenhagen +45 3377 0430
Jonas Rodny, OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm +46 (0)8 405 72 67
Jarmo Holopainen, OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki +359 9 6166 7203
Helga Björk Eiríksdóttir, OMX Nordic Exchange Iceland +354 525 2844
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