November 7, 2011
November 7, 2011 (TORONTO) - TMX Group Inc. today
announced that, as of September 30, Toronto Stock
Exchange and TSX Venture together had more new listings
in 2011 than any other exchange group in the world. The
ranking is part of a recently-released statistics report
from the World Federation of Exchanges.
As of September 30, 2011, Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX
Venture Exchange together had 318 new listings, including
32 graduates from TSX Venture Exchange to Toronto Stock
Exchange, ranking them ahead of Shenzhen Stock Exchange,
which was second with 201 new listings year-to-date.
Deutsche Börse was third with 176 new listings.
"We are extremely pleased to be first in number of new
listings among global exchanges," said Kevan Cowan,
President, TSX Markets and Group Head of Equities, TMX
Group. "We are proud to support companies of all sizes
across all sectors access the capital they require to
meet their business objectives. We look forward to
fostering the growth and success of these new companies
on our Exchanges."
This is the third straight year that TMX Group's
equity exchanges have led global exchanges in the number
of new listings.
As of September 30, 2011, TMX Group was second in the
world by number of listings, seventh by market
capitalization and seventh by equity capital raised.
About TMX Group (TSX-X)
TMX Group's key subsidiaries operate cash and
derivative markets for multiple asset classes including
equities, fixed income and energy. Toronto Stock
Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TMX Select, Montreal
Exchange, Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation,
Natural Gas Exchange, Boston Options Exchange (BOX),
Shorcan, Shorcan Energy Brokers, Equicom and other TMX
Group companies provide listing markets, trading markets,
clearing facilities, data products and other services to
the global financial community. TMX Group is
headquartered in Toronto and operates offices across
Canada (Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver), in key U.S.
markets (Houston, Boston and Chicago) as well as in
London.www.tmx.com.
For more information please contact:
Aimee Paget
Communications Coordinator
TMX Group
416-947-4685
aimee.paget@tmx.com