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Our business has four core areas:
Markets
The Exchange enables companies from global giants to smaller enterprises around the world to raise the capital they need to grow, with a choice of four primary markets:
Main Market – regarded by investors and companies as the world’s most prestigious listing and trading environment.
AIM – equities market for smaller growing companies
Professional Securities Market - for listed debt and depository receipt securities
Specialist Fund Market - which is dedicated to specialised investment entities
Once companies have been admitted to trading, we help companies maximise the value of their listing.
Trading services
The Exchange provides a highly active and efficient market for trading in a wide range of securities, including UK and international equities, debt, covered warrants, exchange traded funds (ETFs), reits, fixed interest, contracts for difference (CFDs) and depositary receipts.
In June 2007 the Exchange launched TradElect, a new trading system giving us greater ability to develop and enhance our range of services. Both capacity and speed of trading have increased with over 600,000 trades executed daily and each trade completing in 6 milliseconds.
Market data information
Direct from the source, we supply high quality, real-time and historical prices, news, and other financial data information to the global financial community. We also have strong relationships with other leading data vendors, helping to ensure the markets receive the information they depend upon.
We invest heavily in the best technology to create new applications for our data. We work closely with world-class partners to constantly upgrade our products and services.
Derivatives
Our derivatives business is a pioneering diversification beyond our core equity markets. EDX London is our international equity derivatives exchange and our aim is to become the world’s most efficient and liquid market for equity derivatives. The UK covered warrants market is one of the world's fastest growing investment markets. We host five blue-chip issuers offering over 800 warrants and certificates on single stocks and indices in the UK and around the world.
