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European Equity Markets: A Crisis in Listings and a New Scheme for Private Capital Exchanges

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European Equity Markets: A Crisis in Listings and a New Scheme for Private Capital Exchanges European stock exchanges suffer from ongoing departures and a dearth of initial public offerings (IPOs) and other listings. Some important exceptions to this observation exist, notably in Sweden, but overall, the core economic functions of Europe’s exchanges — to raise capital from a broad range of investo...
The EU's new initiative to boost secondary markets for private capital is a response to the decline in IPOs and listings across European stock exchanges. This trend has been particularly evident in 2025, with EU IPOs falling to their lowest level since 2012. The UK's Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES) provides a precedent for the EU's planned platform, which could be defined as a new type of Multilateral Trading Facility under the upcoming revision of the EU’s c...