Sweden 2019: Northern Exposure

Here, The Sunday Business Post goes inside Nasdaq Nordic, Europe’s leading SME growth platform. Adam Kostyál, senior vice-president and head of EMEA listings at Nasdaq, explains the opportunities of this unique market

Adam Kostyál is senior vice-president and head of EMEA listings at Nasdaq

Nasdaq Nordic has for many years been one of the leading IPO hubs in Europe, in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the technology sector. The success can, to a large extent, be explained by the region’s unique ecosystem around companies looking to leverage the public market as a platform for growth.

Every successful economy needs a dynamic capital market, where one of the core pillars is access to public capital. ...