Launch of the Aequitas NEO Exchange And ‘First Trade’ Celebration

March 25, 2015 9:45 AM EDT

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Aequitas NEO Exchange will launch Friday, March 27, 2015 and mark the ‘first trade’. Members of the NEO executive team, Aequitas NEO Exchange Board of Directors and Aequitas Innovations Board of Directors will be joined by prominent executives representing our shareholders, government officials and industry stakeholders to celebrate this generational milestone where we will truly alter the Canadian capital markets for the better.

Two years ago Aequitas Innovations shared a vision of an innovative and cost-efficient marketplace, which puts the needs of investors, capital-raising companies and their dealers first and restores focus on the original purpose of an exchange: the efficient allocation of capital between investor and capital-raiser as a central force driving the Canadian economy.

This vision becoming a reality, with the first day of trading on the NEO Exchange - an exchange Canadians can believe in. An exchange the industry can be proud of. An exchange that will advantage all.

When:  

Friday, March 27, 2015

 
Time: Breakfast reception: 8:30am – 9:00am

Remarks: 9:00am – 9:25am

First trade celebration: 9:25am – 9:35am

Closing comments: 9:35am

 

Where:

The Design Exchange

234 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario

 
Who:

Jos Schmitt, President & CEO, Aequitas NEO Exchange and Greg Mills, Chairman,Aequitas Innovations and Head, Global Equities, RBC Capital Markets will be joined byexecutives from Aequitas shareholders, including: Barclays Corporation; BBS Securities;BCE; CI Investments; Davis Rea; IGM Financial; Invesco Canada; ITG Canada; Jones Gable& Co; OMERS Capital Markets; Maison Placements; PSP Public Markets; RBC DominionSecurities; and Veron & Park Capital.

 

Aequitas NEO Exchange Inc. is a new Canadian stock exchange using a bold new blueprint that puts investors, companies raising capital and their dealers first. The NEO Exchange will offer trading, listings and, through one of its affiliates, related technology services. Its goal is to advantage all market participants and offer a fair chance to participate. The NEO Exchange is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aequitas Innovations Inc., a company founded by a diverse group of prominent investors representing all Canadian capital markets stakeholders.For more information, please visit: www.aequitasneoexchange.com

Please RSVP to this event by contacting: [email protected]

Aequitas
Molly Wilkie, 647-527-6005

Source: The Aequitas NEO Exchange



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