ISE in listings market venture

The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) has established a new listing market for securities, as part of a joint venture with its Maltese counterpart.

The new venture — the European Wholesale Securities Market — will cater for international asset and credit-backed securities and will be 80% owned by the ISE. The market will be based at, and regulated by, the Malta Stock Exchange.

There are currently three listing options for debt securities in Europe — Luxembourg, Dublin and London; with some 117,000 securities listed in the EMEA region.