Toronto-based TMX Group Ltd. Monday announced that combined, Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange were first in the world among global exchanges by number of new listings for the fourth consecutive year, according to data from the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) as of Dec. 31, 2012.
TSX welcomed 132 new issuers, including 28 graduates, and TSXV welcomed 161 new issuers for a total of 293 new listings in 2012.
TMX Group was third in the world for new international listings in 2012, with 31, as compared to 33 at London Stock Exchange Group and 32 at NYSE Euronext.
TMX Group’s equity exchanges also ranked third in the world for equity capital raised, according to the WFE. Issuers listed on TSX and TSXV raised $56.3 billion in 2012.
TMX Group’s equity exchanges were behind only Nasdaq OMX, which was ranked second and NYSE Euronext, which was ranked first. TMX Group moved up from 2011 when it was sixth in the world.
The WFE report also indicated that TMX Group was seventh in the world in terms of total market capitalization in 2012.