Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture together had more new listings in 2011 than any other exchange group in the world as of September 30, TMX Group Inc. announced Monday.
The ranking is part of a recently released statistics report from the World Federation of Exchanges.
As of September 30, TSX and TSXV together had 318 new listings, including 32 graduates from to Toronto TSX ranking them ahead of Shenzhen Stock Exchange, which was second with 201 new listings year-to-date. Deutsche Boerse 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 (TSX:X) equity exchanges have led global exchanges in the number of new listings.
As of September 30, TMX Group was second in the world by number of listings, seventh by market capitalization and seventh by equity capital raised.