We welcomed Tim Golomb, Managing Director – New Listings Corporate Client Group, Bill Shaw, Senior Managing Director – Global Capital Markets and Demitrios Skalkotos, Regional Vice President – Global Corporate Client Group from NASDAQ OMX in our office on Monday the 11th. We partnered with Hart Energy to bring them in to speak to a group of Houston executives. They discussed:
- The role and future of stock exchanges
- A review of global exchange markets
- The merger of NASDAQ and OMX
- Created the world’s largest exchange company
- Trading, technology and public company service capabilities reach six continents
- NASDAQ lists more IPOs than any other U.S. Exchange
- NASDAQ has 168 listed companies in Texas with a total market cap of $122.8 billion
All very enlightening information. If you’d like to see the presentation, feel free to email me. Thanks to Hart Energy for co-hosting!
On a side note, have a great and safe Labor Day weekend. Next week’s blog entry will publish on Tuesday.