Irish Stock Exchange and Malta Stock Exchange launch the European Wholesale Securities Market

EWSM has a Board of three non-executive directors. Padraic O’Connor, the Chairman of the ISE, will act as Chairman of the new entity. He is joined on the Board of EWSM by Michael C. Bonnello, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Malta, and Fabrice Demarigny, Partner of Mazars, who previously was Secretary General of the Committee of European Securities Regulators, the predecessor of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).

The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) announces a joint venture with the Malta Stock Exchange (MSE) to launch the European Wholesale Securities Market (EWSM), a new market for wholesale fixed-income debt securities. The ISE will own 80% of the new market with the MSE having a 20% shareholding.

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