EURONEXT: a European success story 2000-2014-2025 In the year 2000, soon after the development of electronic trading, three national stock exchanges took a leap into the unknown, joining together to create the first crossborder exchange in Europe. From this ambitious beginning, Euronext was created, and has gone on to become Europe's leading market infrastructure. In the year 2000, soon after the development of electronic trading, three national stock exchanges took a leap into the unknown, joining together to create the first crossborder exchange in Europe. From this ambitious beginning, Euronext was created, and has gone on to become Europe's leading market infrastructure. After its pioneering start, the company encountered bold successes as well as significant challenges, including a changing regulatory landscape, aggressive competition and a difficult economic environment. These diverse challenges have played a crucial role in shaping both the history and culture of Euronext, just as much as the company's major achievements. In 2014 Euronext was reborn as a standalone company, and listed once again on its own markets. Since then, the company has strategically pursued acquisitions to strengthen its position, adding new markets, building up a strong CSD network and creating a new European clearing house. With a market capitalisation now seven times higher than at its IPO in 2014, diversification into new asset classes and revenue sources, and significant growth in post-trade activities, Euronext is now the leading listing and trading venue in Europe and is able to manage the entire capital markets value chain. Inextricably linked to the European project, the creation of Euronext is based on a vision of harmonised European capital markets, with European roots and global ambitions to shape capital markets for future generations.
