Nasdaq Nordic Debt Market Reports Continued Strong Growth

Nasdaq saw a strong growth for its Nordic Debt Market, including the segments for Corporate Bonds and Sustainable Debt during 2018. While the growth for all debt products listed in the Nordics remains stable at around 4 percent, listed volumes for corporate bonds grew by 13 percent in 2018, and Nasdaq’s Sustainable Debt Market more than doubled in size. The successful track record for listings of Nordic debt products was also a driver behind Nasdaq’s recent launch of a U.S. Corporate Bond Exchange, announced in December last year. In total, more than 6,900 instruments, with a volume of over €910,000 million, are listed on Nasdaq’s Nordic Debt Market, with Mortgage Bonds, Government Bonds and Corporate Bonds being the three largest categories. The Nasdaq Sustainable Debt Market was the first of its kind in the world when it was launched in 2015 and is today the world’s second largest market for sustainable debt products, in terms of number of instruments listed.