New York, September 7, 2010 – NYSE Euronext (NYX) today announced plans to create NYSE Blue, a joint venture that will focus exclusively on environmental and sustainable energy markets. NYSE Blue will include NYSE Euronext’s existing investment in BlueNext, the world’s leading spot market in carbon credits, and APX Inc., a leading provider of regulatory infrastructure and services for the environmental and sustainable energy markets.
NYSE Blue will provide a broad offering of services and solutions including integrated pre-trade and post-trade platforms, environmental registry services, a front-end solution for accessing the markets and managing environmental portfolios, environmental markets reference data, and the BlueNext trading platform.