German Chancellor Merz calls for a single European stock exchange
Merz’ support follows recent developments to unify Europe’s markets and address fragmentation across the region, such as Euronext’s bid to acquire all ATHEX shares.
Merz’ support follows recent developments to unify Europe’s markets and address fragmentation across the region, such as Euronext’s bid to acquire all ATHEX shares.
The move will use LSEG data to allow custom AI agents to be built directly into workflows, within the Microsoft Copilot Studio, and deployed in Microsoft 365 Copilot.
A joint statement from AFME, EFAMA and FIA EPTA follows numerous disruptions since 2020, most recently the Nasdaq Nordic and Baltic outage in July 2025.
Alantra was formerly known as N+1 Equities, having come under the same umbrella alongside C.W. Downer & Co., Swiss Capital, Daruma, and Dinamia in 2016.
The exchange is set to launch a voluntary exchange offer, running until 17 November, with the proposal already receiving unanimous support from ATHEX’s board of directors.
The offering will unify listing, trading, clearing and settlement and is set to address fragmentation and distribution issues across European ETF markets.
The offering will allow clients to continuously operate on the most advanced service and forms part of the firms’ drive to modernise capital markets and treasury infrastructure.
The offering will allow firms to build governed AI agents using both enterprise and LSEG’s data, via Databrick’s Delta Sharing.
As part of the offering, Sage Capital will act as a prime broker to the exchange; the news follows the launch of EDXM International in July, backed by partners including Citadel Securities and Virtu Financial.
The contracts are listed on the Euronext Derivatives Milan market, and are powered by the exchange’s clearing platform.