Stéphane Boujnah, CEO Euronext, looks at how Euronext shaped capital markets in 2023

2023 was pivotal in fulfilling our ambition to build the pan-European leading market infrastructure, and we will accelerate our transformation in 2024 to support even more harmonised capital markets.

Euronext continued to deliver growth for the benefit of our partners, stakeholders, team members and shareholders.

We have confirmed our leadership in European listing. We hosted the majority of European IPOs and listings this year, and attracted almost all international listings in Europe.

We innovated for our clients and delivered this year again complex strategic projects. Euronext leading trading venue now handles 25% of European equities trading via our green data centre, thanks to the migration of Italian cash markets to our trading platform Optiq. We offer now to investors access to the largest liquidity pool in Europe, covering 7 European markets through a single order book, a single liquidity pool, a single technology platform and single harmonized rule book. 

We expanded our skillset to cover the entire trading value chain, supporting our customers throughout the entire market cycle. The expansion of Euronext Clearing in November 2023 to cover the whole of the Euronext Cash Markets is a major milestone in this journey, and will expand to Derivatives in 2024. 

And beyond our equity businesses and our post trade operations, 2023 has been a year of growth and transformation for our operations in trading of power, fixed income, commodities, FX, and in corporate services, investors services, advanced data and technology solutions. 

We thank our clients, stakeholders, team members for being part of our transformational journey for so many years. 

With all Euronext team members across Europe, United States and Asia, we are working hard to shape capital markets for future generations, fostering more harmonised and stronger capital markets. And we look forward to continue with you as we enter into 2024.

Wishing you a joyful holiday season and a prosperous New Year.