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Euronext heeft haar clearingaanbod, volgens planning, op 27 november 2023 met succes uitgebreid naar de effectenmarkten in Frankrijk, Ierland, Nederland en Portugal. Vanaf die datum vind de afwikkeling van alle transacties in aandelen, ETF's, gestructureerde producten, warrants en obligaties op de zes Euronext markten¹ plaats via Euronext Clearing. Gemiddeld verwerkt Euronext Clearing circa 2 miljoen transacties per dag voor haar 52 Europese clearing members. Onder deze clearing members bevinden zich 37 nieuwe partijen, inclusief  alle toonaangevende clearing members, die zich bij Euronext Clearing hebben aangesloten als gevolg van de uitbreiding van producten en markten. Door deze succesvolle migratie is Euronext Clearing nu de centrale tegenpartij (CCP) voor de effectenmarkten van Euronext waar ongeveer 25% van de Europese cashhandel wordt afgewikkeld. 

Deze transformatie draagt in belangrijke mate bij aan de opbouw van de basis voor de Capital Markets Union in Europa en vermindert de fragmentatie van de Europese kapitaalmarkten.

Deze belangrijke stap maakt de weg vrij voor de verdere uitbreiding van Euronext Clearing-activiteiten naar derivaten en commodities welke gepland staat voor Q3 2024. De completering en uitbreiding van onze post-trade activiteiten plaatst Euronext in een leidende rol binnen de het financiële landschap. Onze aanwezigheid in de volledige waardeketen biedt een ideaal uitgangspunt voor verdere groei.

Nieuwe reeks Italiaanse instrumenten beschikbaar op onze markten

Op maandag 11 september 2023 opende de handel op de Euronext markten met een uitgebreid aanbod van vastrentende waarden, warrants en certificaten. Meer dan 32.500 Italiaanse vastrentende waarden, warrants en certificaten kwamen beschikbaar voor verhandeling op het Optiq-handelsplatform. Dit is een belangrijke mijlpaal in de integratie van alle Borsa Italiana markten in het Euronext Optiq® platform. De toevoeging van de , Italiaanse effectenmarkten is wederom een nieuwe belangrijke stap in de creatie van de Capital Markets Union in Europa.

Obligaties, certificaten en warrants

In deze fase van de migratie werden de drie vastrentende markten van Borsa Italiana samengevoegd: 

• MOT, de gereguleerde markt die de toegang voor particuliere beleggers tot de obligatiemarkt moet vergemakkelijken; 
• Euronext Access Milan (voorheen ExtraMOT), een multilaterale handelsfaciliteit (MTF) voor professionele beleggers die handel mogelijk maakt in obligaties die genoteerd zijn op andere EU-markten, evenals Italiaanse obligaties, met name die uitgegeven door kleine en middelgrote ondernemingen; en 
• EuroTLX, een andere MTF die specifiek gericht is op niet-professionele en professionele beleggers die handelen in vastrentende effecten van kleinere waarde.

Ook de Borsa Italiana SeDeX-markt maakte de overtsap naatr Optiw. SeDeX is een markt  voor particuliere beleggers die handelen in certificaten en gedekte warrants, ook wel bekend als gesecuritiseerde derivatenproducten (vandaar de naam SeDeX). De Italiaanse markt is een van de meest actieve in Europa voor deze financiële instrumenten.

De Euronext Foundation is verantwoordelijk voor Euronext ondersteuning van lokale duurzame initiatieve op het gebied van financiële educatie, diversiteit en inclusiviteit in de financiële wereld en het behoud en duurzaam gebruiken van oceanen binnen heel Europa.

De stichting coordineert de activiteiten van Euronext via toegewijde financierings- en vrijwilligersinitiatieven om jonge mensen te ondersteunen, duurzaamheid te promoten en onze banden met lokale gemeenschappen te versterken.

In March 2023, Euronext proudly signed the Women’s Empowerment Principles, a roadmap for business sustainability, innovation, and productivity.

By signing these principles, which result from a collaboration between the UN Global Compact and UN Women, Euronext is committing to the corporate delivery on gender equality dimensions of the 2030 agenda and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, while working collaboratively in multistakeholder networks to foster business practices that empower women.

By signing the Principles, Euronext aims to become an inspiration for others in its industry, by encouraging business leaders to join this movement, so that together we shape capital markets for future generations.

• Phase one of the full migration to Euronext’s state-of-the art trading platform was delivered on schedule, with immediate revenue synergies
• Euronext confirms its position as the leading listing and trading venue, and the largest liquidity pool in Europe with superior market quality
• This migration brings significant benefits to Italian issuers, members, investors and to the European financial markets ecosystem, helping finance the real economy

In 9 February 2023, Euronext’s upgraded SBTi-aligned climate targets were validated by the Science-Based Targets initiative:

• By 2030, Euronext will reduce its Scope 1 and Scope 2 market-based greenhouse gas emissions by 73.5% compared to 2020; (Up from 70% previously announced in June 2022)
• By 2030, Euronext will reduce its Scope 3 business travel emissions by at least 46.2% compared to 2019;
• By 2027, Euronext suppliers, representing 72% of Euronext’s greenhouse gas emissions derived from purchased goods and services, must set targets on their Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions. (Up from 67% previously announced in June 2022)

Euronext Tech Leaders is Euronext's initiative dedicated to highlighting the visibility and attractiveness of high-growth and leading Tech companies towards international investors, together with a suite of services to support them along their listing journey. 

Euronext’s rich Tech ecosystem brings together 700+ Tech companies listed on Euronext markets with 900+ alumni of its pre-IPO programmes and a large international investor base financing all growth profiles of Tech companies.

Euronext Tech Leaders is composed of 120+ high-growth and leading companies, each meeting a specific set of criteria to qualify. It complements Euronext's existing Tech offer and aims to strengthen the European Tech sector and be a catalyst for the next generation of Tech leaders.

Relocating Euronext’s Core Data Centre from the UK to Italy, into a best-in-class and green data centre facility, was a strategic decision made in response to multiple factors, including the dynamic created by Brexit, and a strong rationale for relocating Euronext’s core European trading activities in the European Union. This move allows Euronext to fully control and directly manage its core IT infrastructure, as well as a key service to clients, colocation, which was previously outsourced. It also allows the generation of colocation revenues, embedded in the upgraded synergies.

The Aruba Global Cloud Data Centre meets the highest quality standards (rating 4 certification), provides the maximum level of safety and resilience, and is 100% powered by renewable energy, enabling Euronext to minimise its environmental impact.

Euronext now operates a state-of-the-art colocation facility available to both members and non-members, opening up new opportunities for development of services, and contributing as of today to a part of the planned delivery of the €100 million run-rate annual EBITDA synergies related to the Borsa Italiana Group acquisition targeted for 2024.

The Core Data Centre migration has been timed in order to pave the way for the migration of the Borsa Italiana equity and derivatives markets onto the Euronext Optiq^® trading platform as soon as 2023.

In November 2021, we launched Euronext Securities, the CSD network connecting European economies to global capital markets. With CSDs in Copenhagen, Milan, Oslo and Porto and assets under custody totaling more than €6.5 trillion, Euronext Securities is one of the largest CSD operators in Europe.

Our new strategic plan, “Growth for Impact 2024”, sets out the group's ambition to build the leading market infrastructure in Europe.  

Growth for Impact 2024 is built around five strategic priorities: Leverage our integrated value chain, Pan-Europeanise our CSDs, Build upon our leadership in Europe, Empower sustainable finance and Execute value-creative M&A. 

Stéphane Boujnah, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board of Euronext said: “Today marks a new chapter in the history of Euronext and of European capital markets. With the completion of the acquisition of the Borsa Italiana Group, Euronext delivers on its ambition to build the leading pan-European market infrastructure, connecting local economies to global capital markets, for the benefits of all market participants across Euronext’s markets. The significantly scaled-up Group is now positioned as the leading venue in Europe for listing and secondary markets for both debt and equity financing. In addition, Euronext increases its business diversification with new capabilities in fixed income trading and clearing, as well as consolidation of a significant CSD. This transaction strengthens Euronext’s profile and enhances its strategic prospects for future growth."

In August 2020, Euronext announced that it had completed the settlement of shares under its offer launched on 23 April 2020 to acquire 100% of VP Securities, the Danish Central Securities Depository. 

Euronext acquires Oslo Børs VPS, the Norwegian stock exchange and the Norwegian CSD, which became the Group’s central exchange in the Nordic region and one of its seven core markets. Euronext further expands its footprint and diversifies its activities in post-trade.

In July 2015, Euronext launched TechShare, a pre-IPO programme designed to help Tech entrepreneurs familiarise themselves with capital markets while promoting networking by connecting Tech entrepreneurs and capital markets advisors.

Following the November 2013 acquisition of NYSE Euronext, ICE keeps LIFFE and spins off the continental European operations by launching a public offering for a newly formed, independent Euronext N.V. in June 2014.