Nasdaq

ABOUT NASDAQ

• Nasdaq is a leading global technology company, stock exchange operator, and capital markets innovator.

• Founded in 1971 as the world’s first fully electronic stock market, the platform revolutionized equity trading by transitioning financial markets from manual trading floors to high-speed electronic quotation systems.

• The exchange lists thousands of global companies across its tiered equity markets, including the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, and the Nasdaq Capital Market.

• Headquartered in New York City, Nasdaq operates an integrated multi-asset infrastructure that powers over 130 public exchanges, central banks, and clearinghouses across more than 50 countries, facilitating global capital allocation and market transparency.

• Its proprietary benchmarks, such as the Nasdaq-100 Index and the Nasdaq Composite Index, serve as definitive global performance indicators for high-growth technology, biotechnology, and commercial innovation.

SERVICES & MARKET FOCUS

• Equities Trading and Listings: Nasdaq operates premier primary markets for listing and trading public equities. The exchange provides global issuers with deep liquidity, tight bid-ask spreads, and transparent price discovery while maintaining rigorous listing and corporate governance standards.

• Derivatives and Options Markets: The platform supports robust options and futures trading across major asset classes, including equities, market indices, commodities, and fixed income.

• Market Technology and Infrastructure: Nasdaq licenses its proprietary, high-frequency matching engine, clearing technology, and settlement systems to third-party exchanges and financial institutions globally.

• Market Data and Investment Intelligence: The exchange packages real-time market feeds, historical order book data, and institutional analytics tools. Its Investment Intelligence division designs and licenses specialized market indices that serve as underlying benchmarks for thousands of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and structured products.

• Capital Formation and Corporate Services: Nasdaq supports corporate issuers through the complete public life cycle, from initial public offerings (IPOs) and direct listings to secondary debt issuances. The platform equips management teams with integrated investor relations software, board governance tools, and environmental sustainability reporting utilities.

• Anti-Financial Crime and Surveillance Technology: Through enterprise platforms like Verafin and specialized trade surveillance tools, Nasdaq provides banks, brokers, and market regulators with AI-driven software to detect market manipulation, insider trading, fraud, and anti-money laundering (AML) violations across global trading networks.

• Fintech Innovation and Digital Assets: Anchored in continuous market modernization, Nasdaq invests heavily in next-generation financial infrastructure. The exchange actively develops enterprise solutions utilizing zero-knowledge cryptography, cloud computing, and digital asset custody frameworks to modernize cross-border capital settlement.