Wiener Börse

The Wiener Börse AG (also known as the Vienna Stock Exchange) is a bourse situated in Vienna, Austria. The exchange also owns and operates the Prague Stock Exchange, provides market infrastructure to other exchanges in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (Budapest, Zagreb and Ljubljana), and collects and distributes stock market data and calculates the most important indices of the region. Additionally, the group holds stakes in energy exchanges and clearing houses.

Wiener Börse AG
TypeStock exchange
LocationVienna, Austria
Founded1771 (1771)
Key peopleChristoph Boschan, Petr Koblic
IndicesAustrian Traded Index (ATX)
Websitewww.wienerboerse.at
Palais Caprara-Geymüller, site of the Wiener Börse

Apart from traditional exchange operations (trading and listings), new lines of business have been established in the past years such as data vending, index calculation and providing IT services to other exchanges in Central and Eastern Europe.

The Austrian Traded Index (ATX), the leading index of Wiener Börse, tracks the price trends of the blue chips on Wiener Börse in real time. The composition of the ATX is reviewed every year in March and September. The main criteria for inclusion or deletion are the capitalized free float and stock exchange trading volumes.

History

Wiener Börse is one of the world's oldest exchanges and was founded in 1771 during the reign of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in order to provide a market for state issued bonds.

In 1985, Jim Rogers triggered a bull market when he stated that there is a high potential in the Austrian capital market.

The following timeline outlines the consolidation through mergers and acquisitions among bourses in the European Union, which has taken place since the 1990s in response to financial harmonisation and liberalisation. Current, independent (parent) exchange companies are shown in colour.

    Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
  New York Stock Exchange, Inc. NYSE Euronext, Inc.
    London Traded Options Market London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange Euronext N.V.
      London International Financial Futures Exchange
    London Commercial Sale Rooms London Commodity Exchange  
Amsterdam Exchanges N.V. (Amsterdam Bourse)     Euronext N.V.
    Bourse de Valeurs Mobilières de Bruxelles S.A. (Brussels Bourse)
  Société des Bourses Françaises S.A. (Paris Bourse)
    Bolsa de Valores de Lisboa e Porto (Lisbon Bourse)
          Irish Stock Exchange  
                Oslo Stock Exchange Oslo Børs Holding ASA Oslo Børs VPS Holding ASA  
                                      Verdipapirsentralen Verdipapirsentralen ASA  
                                    VP Securities A/S  
                  Borsa Italiana S.p.A. (Italian Bourse) London Stock Exchange Group plc  
    London Stock Exchange plc  
                                              Statnett Marked AS   Nord Pool Spot AS Nord Pool AS  
                                              Nord Pool ASA    
                                National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD) NASDAQ NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. Nasdaq, Inc.
                      Stockholm Stock Exchange OM AB OM HEX AB OMX AB
                          Helsinki Stock Exchange Helsinki Exchanges Group Plc
                                                Tallinn Stock Exchange  
                                              Riga Stock Exchange  
                                              Vilnius Stock Exchange
  Copenhagen Stock Exchange  
                                          Iceland Stock Exchange  
                                                          Armenian Stock Exchange  
                                                SIX Swiss Exchange AG
                      Bolsas y Mercados Españoles, Sociedad Holding de Mercados y Sistemas Financieros, S.A. (Spanish Bourses)  
                          Budapest Stock Exchange     Budapest Stock Exchange
          Wiener Börse AG (Vienna Stock Exchange) Central and Eastern Europe Stock Exchange Group AG Vienna Stock Exchange
                                                Burza cenných papírů Praha, a.s. (Prague Stock Exchange)  
                                            Ljubljana Stock Exchange      
                                              Zagreb Stock Exchange
Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse AG (Frankfurt Stock Exchange)   Deutsche Börse AG (German Bourse)
                                  Centrale de Livraison de Valeurs Mobilières Cedel International  
                                                              European Energy Exchange  
                                                        Eurex Exchange  
                                                        STOXX
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In 2019, it was opened the Third market (MTF), an over-the-counter market put out of the supervision of the Austrian Börsengesetz and mainly destinated to the exchange of foreign private companies bonds.[1]

In 2020 the Vienna Stock Exchange decided to simplify its group structure. In order to reduce expenses and costs, Wiener Börse AG merged with the former group holding company CEESEG AG. The Prague Stock Exchange is now a 99.54% subsidiary of Wiener Börse AG.

On September 1, 2020, the Wiener Börse listed its first 21 titles denominated in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, including the services of real-time quotation and securities settlement.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Fact Sheet - Third Market (MTF) of the Wiener Börse" (pdf). wienerborse.at. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 May 2020.
  2. "21Shares brings first crypto-currency products on Bitcoin and Ethereum to the official market". 1 September 2020. Archived from the original on 3 September 2020.

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