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11 December 2019 – Euronext Access is increasingly competing for listings of socimis with Spain’s Alternative Market (MAB). The stock exchange is comparable to the MAB in that it is aimed at companies with smaller capitalisations. Euronext, however, has the added benefit of lower costs and requirements.

Those benefits, together with Euronext’s pan-European reach (with a presence in Belgium, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Norway and the United Kingdom), are leading a growing number of socimis to opt for a listing in Paris instead of in Madrid.

Armabex, a specialist firm in placing socimis in the MAB, is currently working with ten firms looking to debut on the French stock market in 2020. The president of the firm predicts that 20 or 25 Spanish socimis will opt for a listing on Euronext next year. If that turns out to be true, it would be a major blow to the MAB.

Since 2013, ninety-one socimis have listed in Spain, and seven of those are already trading on Euronext Access.

Original Story: El Confidencial – Ruth Ugalde

Photo: Reuters

Adaptation/Translation: Richard D. K. Turner